Can computer-mediated asynchronous communication improve team
processes and decision making? Learning from the management
litera
Effective communication is critical in most organizational
processes, including team collaboration and decision making.
Face-to-face communication is commonly assumed to be superior to all
other . . .
Motivating language in industry: its impact on job satisfaction
and perceived supervisor effectiveness.
This article reports on a study of the use of motivating language
(ML) by employees of the southeast regional division of a Fortune 500
company. The relationship between the supervisory use of . . .
Communication in the transition to self-directed work
teams.
Although adopting self-directed work teams (SDWTs) presents a
challenge, this study shows that subordinates' perceptions of
managers' influence strategies affect the success of change . . .
2006 conference calendar.
2006 CONFERENCE CALENDAR
Conference Location Program Chair
ABC 71th Annual Sheraton Gunter Hotel Program Chair:
Convention San Antonio, Texas Gerry Hynes
. . .
Discursive Strategies in Multicultural Business Meetings.(Book
review)
Discursive Strategies in Multicultural Business Meetings, by Gina
Poncini. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2004. 338 pp. DOI:
10.1177/0021943606289036
The book under review here, the winner of the . . .
On networking, friends, research, respect, and diversity: the
insights of Margaret Graham.
At the outset, let me state that I am honored and pleased to serve
as respondent to Marty Graham's excellent research assessment. I am
honored because a few years ago, when Marty stood for . . .
Disciplinary practice(s) in business communication. 1985 to
2004.
When I began teaching in the English Department at Iowa State
University in the mid-1980s, Carol David, a senior colleague, told me to
join the Association for Business Communication (ABC), present . . .
Response to Bertha Du-Babcock's plenary speech.
I felt deeply honored when Bertha Du-Babcock invited me to give the
response to her well-deserved award address. I have known Dr. Du-Babcock
for many years and have long admired the groundbreaking . . .
Teaching business communication: past, present, and
future.
This article is based on the theme of the 70th annual convention of
the Association for Business Communication (ABC): past, present, and
future. In traditional Chinese culture, 70 is a very . . .
Papers from the plenary session of the 2005 association for
business communication convention.
During the plenary session of the 2005 annual convention of the
Association for Business Communication (ABC) in Irvine, California, the
recipients of the organization's top teaching and research . . .
Exploring the dominant media: how does media use reflect
organizational norms and affect performance?
This research provides strong support for the existence of dominant
media norms within organizations and describes their influence on
employees' (a) perceptions of organizational norms, (b) . . .
A conversation analytical approach to business communication: the
case of leadership.
The use of conversation analysis (CA) as an applied research
methodology that can be of interest to business communication is
sometimes overlooked. Taking the case of leadership as an example, . . .
The scholarship of Kitty O. Locker.
Kitty Locker made an enormous contribution to the discipline of
business communication through her textbooks, articles, papers, and
vivid personal presence. This article reviews five primary . . .
2006 conference calendar.
Conference Location Program Chair
ABC Southwest US/ Renaissance Hotel Harold Hurry
FBD Conference Oklahoma City, OK gba_hah@shsu.edu
. . .
Writing Power: Communication in an Engineering Center.(Book
review)
Writing Power: Communication in an Engineering Center, by Dorothy
A. Winsor. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003. 173 pp.
DOI: 10.1177/0021943605286007
In 2004, the Association for . . .
Communication across the campus: expanding our mission to
practice what we profess.
Many of us who are members of the Association for Business
Communication work on campuses where communications and communication
environments do not always reflect the best practices we know and . . .
Managing corporate visual identity: exploring the differences
between manufacturing and service, and profit-making and nonprofit
Corporate Visual Identity (CVI) is a crucial part of the identity
of any organization. Most research on managing corporate identity deals
with the strategic development of corporate identity and . . .
Advice on communicating during organizational change: the content
of popular press books.
This study offers a thematic analysis of the advice from a sample
of bestselling popular press books on the subject of communication
during implementation of organizational change. This analysis . . .
The ambiguous nature of a management guru lecture: providing
answers while deepening uncertainty.
Each year, managers and employees spend billions of dollars
retaining management consultants, buying business books, and attending
seminars to regain certainty: Some of this quest occurs in the . . .
Bridging cultures: the academy and the workplace.
This introduction to articles by David Carlone and Laurie K. Lewis
et al. argues that the communication advice given by management gurus
and in popular press books may reflect the values and . . .
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