This paper explicates the implications of my research on conflict management for self improvement and for practitioners who work to improve the conflict management of others. I also note how my experiences with practitioners have informed my research.

Cites research which indicates that newspapers have a relatively strong impact on fertility rates and that television, radio and cinema have a significant impact on their target population when they are used specifically as information or education sources. (Available from the Journal of Applied Communications Research, Ed., Drawer NJ, Mississippi…

Details an investigation of student attitudes toward confidence testing in several undergraduate speech communication courses and concludes that students feel that this form of testing provides a better estimate of their knowledge than do conventional objective tests. (MH)

Defines dispersion as the degree to which the membership of an organization is spatially distributed and contends that employees' attitudes within an organization are affected by their employment level and the relative level of dispersion of their work location. (Available from the Journal of Applied Communications Research, Ed., Drawer NJ,…

Reports results of a study which tested the following model to predict group panic behavior: that panic reactions are characterized by the exercise of inappropriate leadership behaviors in situations of high stress. (PD)

Outlines research using a behavioral measure of self-disclosure in a natural small group setting and compares the results with those obtained in a laboratory dyadic exchange. (MH)

Details an investigation designed to test the validity and endurance of message discrepancy-attitude change relationships in a field setting. (MH)

Defines participant observation as a research methodology whereby investigation is conducted in the subjects' natural habitat over a long period of time in which the researcher shares as intimately as possible in the life and activities of the subjects being studied. (Available from the Journal of Applied Communications Research, Ed., Drawer NJ,…

Presents a research study investigating the effects of specific dimensions of managerial behavior and interpersonal style on information-sharing norms and the subordinate's use of interpersonal communication channels. (JMF)

Discusses a study designed to identify areas of research which may increase under standing of the relationship between speaker profanity and impression formation. Provides an experimental test of the predicted interrelationships between profanity, sex variables, and impression formation. (MH)

Reviews past research on the informal communication system in an organization, known as the 'grapevine', and discusses the author's research results which lend support to prior research conclusions. (MH)