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When the Links Become Chains: Considering Dysfunctions of Supportive Communication in the Workplace.

Ray, Eileen Berlin – Communication Monographs, 1993
Considers possible dysfunctions of supportive communication in the workplace and proposes a research agenda to investigate these dysfunctions at the micro and macro levels of analysis. (RS)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Higher Education, Organizational Communication

Sharf, Barbara F. – Communication Monographs, 1978
A rhetorical framework based on Burkean theory is used to analyze the relative success of leadership contenders in small groups in obtaining cooperation of the other members and resolving the struggle for leadership. The analyses reveal the importance of transcending symbolic divisions in leadership emergence. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Group Dynamics, Groups, Higher Education

Bormann, Ernest G.; And Others – Communication Monographs, 1978
Diaries, recordings, and analyses by participants and nonparticipant observers are used in this extensive case study of a developing organization. The study leads to the inference that an important element influencing the organization is female dominance and male response to that dominance. (JMF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Higher Education, Leadership