Describes the Experience Sampling Method, a quasi-naturalistic method that involves signaling research subjects at random times throughout the day, and asking them to report on the nature and quality of their experience. Discusses the method's applications and value in research topics in organizational settings; with mass and mediated…

Argues the need to modify contemporary scholarly conventions that news firms expect open conflict between reporters and their superiors on policy issues. Notes that interviews at two newspapers and "Time" magazine suggest that journalists investigating their own organizations draw away from confronting key professional conflicts.…

Argues that three traditions of theory about organizational communication have special relevance to the ideas of problematic integration theory. Indicates the implications of theoretic currents and notes that the main implication is that problematic integration looks very different in the context of a complex communication system. (SG)

Describes major issues and alternatives in the conduct of process research in organizational communication. Argues that only when researchers begin to collect and analyze longitudinal data will the communication discipline accumulate the kind of knowledge envisioned by its founders. (PD)

Examined who talks about innovation and with whom within organizations. Found that workers were more likely to talk about new ideas (for administrative systems, products, marketing strategies, etc.) with those colleagues with whom they also discussed work, social, and personal matters. (PD)

Looks at five major types of research into organizational communication and compares them in terms of their suitability and effectiveness. (MH)

Analyzes newspaper accounts of the sociopolitical opposition encountered by the head of a state government agency forced to publicly apologize after attempting to control the external communication of an agency staff member with a reputation for organizational dissent. Discusses academic and applied implications of these findings for the emerging…