Finds male supervisors can be effective in building rapport with subordinates solely by using certain nonverbal communicative behaviors. Shows that supervisors with such behaviors were more positively perceived than those without and that subordinates were more likely to comply with the requests of the high-rapport supervisor and to experience a…

Finds that the difference between the percentage of female authors in this journal and the percentage of women in the field was not significant for four of six sample years; and differences between the percentage of female authors in this journal and in the "Quarterly Journal of Speech" was not significant for any of the six years. (RS)

Contributes to scholarship on communication in groups, and to scholarship on decision-making processes, by discussing five communicative challenges juries face in the course of their deliberations. Reports results of a content analysis reflecting the rules invoked for each of these situations by 97 citizens summoned for jury duty. (SR)

Considers how rhetorical scholars have theorized the potential of protest rhetoric to transform social and symbolic realities. Uses complicity theory to examine Louis Farrakhan's rhetoric, providing a theoretical amplification of "symbolic realignment," a critical examination of his epistemological commitments, and a practical…

Identifies five underlying reasons students communicate with their instructors: relational, functional, excuse, participation, and sycophancy. Finds that students who communicate for all the interpersonal communication motives tend to communicate more with their instructors to relate and participate, while students who communicated for the motive…

Examines whether the preference or abhorrence of various communication topics might be related to personality type. Finds no statistically significant correlation between business communication students' personality types and their preferred topics in business communication. (SR)

Finds that argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness did not correlate with the development and defense of undergraduate students' ideas but that the dyad's composition (in terms of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness) affected the proportion of ideas developed through argument. Suggests that argumentativeness and aggressiveness research…

Analyzes photographs (in 1985-86 and 1991-92) in IBM's employee newsletter "Think." Finds overall that women were underrepresented compared to their presence in IBM's labor force, with the exception that the proportion of women shown in leadership roles in "Think" was not significantly different from their proportion in IBM's…

Presents an analysis of 19 studies that apply content analysis techniques to the World Wide Web. Offers how researchers can apply content analysis to the Web with primary focus on formulating research questions/hypotheses, sampling, data collection and coding, training/reliability of coders, and analyzing/interpreting data. (SC)

Describes the author's research to identify and describe effective and satisfying pedagogical designs to provide guidance in making technological delivery choices for professional communication distance education. Reviews research questions asked and describes her use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to compare two Internet-based…

Describes the author's research that explores the role of language, particularly texts, in the engineering design process. Notes that results of this case study support a new "mediated" model of engineering design as an inventional activity in which designers use talk, written language, and other symbolic representations as tools to think about…

Investigates internal dimensions of the Organizational Identification Questionnaire, performing factorial analytic tests of cross-sectional and longitudinal data. Finds that it is unidimensional across organizations and time, but that only 12 of 25 items contribute meaningfully to the scale, and that these 12 items essentially constitute an…

Presents a follow-up study to further assess the extent to which reticent participants subscribe to beliefs outlined in prior research and to further test the ability of the Penn State program to alter those beliefs. Reveals significant pretreatment differences between reticent and comparison group participants on 7 of 16 beliefs. Shows…

Presents a theoretical statement on the nature of reticence that affirms, in part, Gerald M. Phillips' conceptualization in prior research but, grounded in new empirical data, refines and revises the construct. Proposes a new definition and a six-component model of reticence. Discusses theoretical and treatment implications. (SR)

Tests the effects of relationship and politeness on perceived regard for face and advice effectiveness among undergraduate students. Finds that regard for positive face is associated with the perceived effectiveness, appropriateness, helpfulness, and sensitivity of advice given; however, the factors normally expected to account for perceived…