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The Influence of Communication Processes on Group Outcomes: Antithesis and Thesis
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Hewes, Dean E. – Human Communication Research, 2009
The influence of communication processes on group outcomes is discussed from two perspectives, one in which influence does not exist and one in which influence is central. Formal models for both perspectives are presented as a means of bracketing discussion of the role of communication processes in group outcomes. The implications of these models…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Research, Organizational Communication, Models
Predicting Employee Turnover from Communication Networks.
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Feeley, Thomas H.; Barnett, George A. – Human Communication Research, 1997
Investigates three social network models of employee turnover: a structural equivalence model, a social influence model, and an erosion model. Administers a communication network questionnaire to all 170 employees of an organization. Finds support for all three models of turnover, with the erosion model explaining more of the variance than do the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Labor Turnover
A Model of Perceived Communication in Collective Networks.
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Corman, Steven R. – Human Communication Research, 1990
Examines a descriptive model of communication relationships between members of collectives to determine whether perceptions are the result of formal structure, collective interests, or individual interests. Finds structures of perceived communication relationships are similar across organizations, whereas structures in observable communication are…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Information Transfer, Interaction
An Investigation of the Information Processing Framework of Organizational Communication.
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Penley, Larry E. – Human Communication Research, 1982
Focuses on explaining the variations in levels of information adequacy reported by organizational members. Emphasizes the importance of communicating sufficient information to employees regardless of task-related communication needs. Supports an expanded information processing model of organizational communication and proposes a revised model. (PD)
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Communication Research, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship
Information Seeking Within Organizations.
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Morrison, Elizabeth Wolfe – Human Communication Research, 2002
Reviews literature on employee feedback-seeking behavior and the literature on information seeking by organizational newcomers. Highlights the various motives that affect the decision of whether or not to seek information. Offers an integrated model of antecedents, dynamics, forms, and outcomes of employee information seeking. Concludes with…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Employees, Feedback
Decision Development in Small Groups V: Test of a Contingency Model.
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Poole, Marshall Scott; Roth, Jonelle – Human Communication Research, 1989
Tests a model of the factors that influence groups to follow various paths as they make decisions. Uses three panels of contingency variables to predict properties of the group's developmental path. Finds that group decision paths and their properties can be predicted as a function of task and relational contingencies. (MS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Group Dynamics, Group Testing