ABSTRACT This study investigates how individuals working in the innovation field communicatively define the nature of their work and make assessments of others’ innovative ability. Drawing on signaling theory, this work explores what communicative signals are valued within an ambiguous professional context. Interviews with 36 innovation workers revealed that individuals perceive this emerging occupational role as comprised of skills and traits that vary in how easily they are communicatively expressed, and in turn what forms of communication allow these dimensions to be evaluated. These findings inform the development of a grounded model for communicatively assessing innovative ability. This work extends our theoretical understanding of how signals of professionalism are actively, and communicatively expressed and assessed in new occupational settings.

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职业健康的交流信号：如何表达和评估创新能力

摘要 本研究调查了在创新领域工作的个人如何交流地定义他们的工作性质并评估他人的创新能力。这项工作借鉴了信号理论，探索了在模糊的专业环境中哪些交流信号是有价值的。对 36 名创新工作者的采访表明，个人认为这种新兴的职业角色由技能和特征组成，这些技能和特征在交流表达的容易程度方面有所不同，反过来，哪些交流形式可以评估这些维度。这些发现为开发用于交流评估创新能力的扎根模型提供了依据。这项工作扩展了我们对专业精神信号如何积极的理论理解，