Investigates the effects of power and status on the content characteristics of communicative behavior directed upward in a hierarchy. (MH)

Examines the functional relationship of source and message by testing the hypothesis that the impact of a message is a function of the strength of the message multiplied by the strength of the source. (MH)

Employed contextual analysis to examine the meaning of touches reported in daily interaction. Found 18 categories of meanings of touch such as support, appreciation, inclusion, greeting, departure, attention-getting, etc. Discusses results in terms of the nature of tactile communication, comparing results with past research. (PD)

Taped actual employment interviews at a university placement center to determine relationships between interviewer's questions, applicants' question-answer durations, and actual interview outcomes. Found--among other results--that interviewees who received second-interview offers tended to spend more total time talking in their interviews than…

Investigates the potential control strategies a persuader may use and the impact of situational differences on a persuader's strategic choice. (MH)

Discusses findings which suggest that frequency adverbs do affect the perceived aggresiveness of sentences at most levels of verbal aggression. (MH)

Compares the compliance-gaining interactions of selected marital types determined by the Relational Dimensions Instrument. Concludes that the various marital types used are associated with different compliance-gaining communication patterns. (MS)

Arrives at the conclusion that the relationships between personality/communication apprehension and interaction behavior in small groups are heavily influenced by previous history of the group (zero-history versus intact). Cautions against generalizing results from studies involving zero-history groups. (MH)

Investigates the amount and type of information sought during impression formation and concludes that information seeking is integral to uncertainty reduction in interpersonal interaction. (MH)

Discusses a study designed to determine the amounts of attitude change experienced by apathetics under varying conditions of source credibility and quantity of information contained in a message. (MH)

Interprets data collected from multi-modal sources (ethnographic interviewing and non-participant observation) using an analytic-inductive method to construct a new Layered Model of Problematic Intercultural Communication. Provides a holistic view of the ways the macro-context, individual (in)competencies, and dyadic communication behaviors…

Discusses a study based on the assumption that change of meaning is, under certain circumstances, of fundamental importance to the information integration process. (MH)

Investigates interaction effects of the variables of leadership style and groupings of people on productivity and member satisfaction. (MH)

Builds on previous research with this detailed analysis of multiple decision sequences in two sets of groups: students performing a ranking task and physicians performing a program planning task. Finds support for the Multiple Sequence Descriptive System and isolates types of conflict and idea development patterns. (PD)

Written transcripts of spouses' discussions were coded using two different systems. Findings indicate that the results obtained from one coding system cannot easily be compared with results obtained from the other system. Author calls for resolution of differences in coding procedures if relational communication research is to be usefully…