Organizational communication includes all verbal and nonverbal stimuli affecting individual behavior and can be defined in terms of purpose, operational procedures, and structural elements. The fundamental element is the organization unit. Related to this unit are three other elements of organizational communication--communication networks,…

Organizational communication research needs a conceptual model or taxonomy of variables for developing a knowledge base for past and future findings and information access and retrieval. The proposed Outcome-Determinant-Interface (ODI) model distinguishes three major groups of variables, each divided into classes and subclasses. The outcome…