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Crouch, Brian S.; Hellweg, Susan A. – 1989
This study examined the relationship between subordinate satisfaction and superior-subordinate co-orientation regarding performance feedback rules within organizational dyads. Specifically, the study focused on how subordinate perceptions, regarding how and when informal performance feedback should be provided by a superior, would impact…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Correlation, Employer Employee Relationship, Feedback
Streich, David J.; Hellweg, Susan A. – 1988
This study examined the relationship between a superior and subordinate's interpersonal need orientation and subordinate job satisfaction, based on W. C. Schutz's Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation theory which suggests that compatible interpersonal needs are characterized by relational satisfaction. Subjects, 118 people in 59…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
Smith, Anthony F.; Hellweg, Susan A. – 1985
A study investigated relationships between subordinate perceptions of the communication competence of self and supervisor, and subordinate perceptions of supervisor and work satisfaction. The hypotheses were the following: (1) subordinates' satisfaction with their supervisors will vary as a function of their perceptions of their supervisors'…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Hellweg, Susan A.; Freiberg, Kevin L. – 1984
Quality circles may be regarded as a form of organizational intervention strategy to enhance productivity and product quality through employee participation. Operationally, small groups of individual employees voluntarily meet regularly to (1) identify problems relating to productivity and product quality, (2) discuss them, (3) identify and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Cultural Differences, Employer Employee Relationship, Organizational Communication
Hellweg, Susan A.; Berman, Stuart J. – 1987
This paper reviews selected literature pertaining to quality circles (defined as a small group of people who meet voluntarily, on a regular basis, to learn and apply techniques for identifying, analyzing, and solving work-related problems), in particular that literature focusing on communication-related variables. It examines 52 studies from the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Literature Reviews, Organizational Climate
Hellweg, Susan A.; Phillips, Steven L. – 1981
In a study conducted to obtain information on the corporate exit interview, the personnel directors of 500 major American corporations were asked to indicate the purposes and goals of the interviews, their degree of formality, and their content. In addition, the respondents were asked to assess their interviewing system and describe the nature of…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship