Izumi2026
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Izumi2026 |
| Author(s) | Hiroaki Izumi |
| Title | Two Patterns of Opening in Japanese Rehabilitation Team Meetings |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Multimodal conversation analysis, Meeting openings, Japanese rehabilitation team meetings, Institutional talk, Multidisciplinary teams, In press |
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| Year | 2026 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Human Studies |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10746-026-09839-z |
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Abstract
Building on conversation analytic research in workplace meetings, this study examines a notable and systematic variation in meeting openings observed in 52 video-recorded Japanese rehabilitation team meetings: the doctor-initiated pattern (DIP) and the other-party-initiated pattern (OIP). The analysis focuses on the multimodal organization of interaction in each opening sequence, where participants mobilize bodies, language, and objects—including technologies and documents—to accomplish stepwise transitions to the meeting proper on a moment-to-moment basis. A systematic, comparative analysis of the data reveals that participants construct the DIP using a set of modular components—preparation, readiness check, and transition—which they flexibly modify through reordering, expanding, and omitting. In contrast, the OIP, observed here in cases of delayed openings, follows an alternative pattern: participants display their readiness in advance, resulting in the preemption of the readiness check. These practices illustrate a pattern of practical regularity: instead of reproducing a fixed sequence, participants adapt the structure of openings to the practical circumstances of their interaction while relying on common components and actions. By exploring both generalizable patterns and setting-specific variations, this study contributes to ongoing discussions of canonical structures of meeting openings proposed in previous research.
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