Examines a geographically dispersed organization, building on past identification research by examining four viable targets of identification simultaneously, compatibility and competition between these targets, and influences of several types of tenure. Analyzes research questions based on 153 surveys. Draws five general conclusions, including…

Examines in three phases whether managerial communication processes differ in more and less successful mergers. Interviews employees of four financial institutions to develop hypotheses on managerial communication activities. Formulates hypotheses and identifies several contingencies that appeared to influence the communication needs of employees…

Traces the historical origins of the feminist perspective in the organizational communication field. Finds that the feminist consciousness is still under construction and struggling for recognition. Gives an overview of "feminisms" in organizational communication and critiques feminist theorizing and pedagogy. (PA)

Applies theories of organizational justice/concertive control to account for contradictions inherent in electronic monitoring of workers by organizations. Argues that results are usually positive when workers are involved in the design and implementation of monitoring systems, and monitoring is restricted to performance-related activities with…

Argues that a socio-semiotic approach to organizational communication opens up a middle course leading to a reconciliation of the functionalist and interpretive movements. Outlines and illustrates three premises to show how they enable scholars to reconceptualize the opposition between functionalism and interpretivism. Concludes that organizations…

Argues that some elements of structure are essential if organizations, and teams working within these organizations, are to achieve their goals. Provides an overview of two aspects of structure that are necessary in team-centered organizations: an internal facilitative structure appropriate for each team's specific needs, and an organizational…

Argues that, although organizational communication as a field of study appears fragmented, a case for its status as a discipline can be made. Cites four central problematics that frame a sense of community and identity among scholars: that of voice, rationality, organization, and organization-society relationship--making organizational…

Summarizes extant research investigating the relationships between managers' conflict management strategies and subordinate outcomes. Reports results of a study investigating relationships between a manager's use of collaborating, forcing, and accommodating and four types of rewards (system, job, performance, interpersonal) subordinates might…

Examines effects of two organizational design parameters, divisionalization and centralization, on the media richness choices of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of multinational enterprises in obtaining information from foreign subsidiaries on strategic issues. Samples 86 US multinationals; finds formal divisional structure affects CEOs' use of…

Explores some of the implications of viewing knowledge as crystallized in the verbal expressions of organizational communication. Focuses on one particular approach to knowledge in discourse called centering resonance analysis (CRA). Describes how CRA finds and maps concepts linking diverse chains of discussion and reasoning in and across…

Presents results of a survey among video teleconferencing users at three separate sites of a large aerospace firm to determine whether users perceived changes in the formal meeting genre when comparing face-to-face exchange with video teleconferencing. Concludes that time constraints played a role in the success or failure of video…

Investigates communication and organizational codependency: (1) explores literature that presents human organizations as both "open" and "closed" systems; (2) reviews literature describing the symbolic construction of organizational systems; (3) identifies and describes communicative behaviors and strategies that fuel…

Explores the relationship between the boundary spanning communication of individual organization members and organizational legitimacy. Finds that perceptions regarding the nature of the boundary spanning communication of an agency head and a staff scientist contributed importantly to the sociopolitical delegitimation of the organization. (RS)

Offers six personal "passing" strategies the author uses to "pass" for heterosexual in organizational settings: distancing, dissociating, dodging, distracting, denying, and deceiving. Suggests that the price for passing was the prevention of authentic, healthy relationship development within the workplace. (PA)

Reports on 174 employees' and supervisors' memories of a conflict. Indicates that the emotional nature of the recollected narratives increased if the conflicts were perceived as unresolved, remembered as an ongoing series of events, or discussed with the other persons involved in the exchanges. Discusses ways recollected emotional narratives may…