Finds that educators are more likely than issues managers to hold an outer-directed worldview of issues management. (SR)

Uses genre and genre repertoire to investigate a community's structuring of communicative practices. Examines communications exchanged by a group of distributed knowledge workers in a multiyear, interorganizational project conducted primarily through electronic mail. Results reveal rich, varied communications shaped in response to community norms,…

Argues that a "messy history" approach is required to discover, study and include the variety of alternative approaches and activities that are often part of women designers' professional lives. Proposes a typology of roles played by women in graphic design for further research. (SR)

Proposes that irony be viewed as a mode of indirect negation. Describes the multifaceted cognitive processes that are enlisted as a speaker interprets ironical statements. Gives an overview of past research on irony and presents a new interpretation of the ironic mode. (HB)

Describes two studies that investigated patterns of nonverbal cues. States that in the first study, a game was played and it was found that satisfied couples were more likely to reciprocate their partners' positive affect. Explains that in the second study, couples discussed upcoming plans. Argues that reciprocity should be predicted in intimate…

Proposes that social constructivist theories of communication technology in organizations that interact with social agents influence technology-related cognition and behavior. Finds that individuals' cognitions of their combined network partners' attitudes and behaviors in using electronic mail predicted the individuals' own attitudes and…

Proposes a view of music video as persuasive argument. Presents results from a study of viewers' perceptions of music videos, finding that viewers discriminate between persuasive argument videos and nonargument videos. Reveals that viewers see social and political content in videos, and videos' potential to influence viewers. (SR)

Uses mythic criticism to examine missed opportunities for identifying with landowners in ways that would enhance the constructive management of environmental disputes. Offers an alternative mythic understanding of the American West drawn from discourse with Texas ranchers. Argues for the inclusion of communities that are directly influenced, yet…

Proposes an alternative interpretation of imperial responsibility, founded upon Edmund Burke's rhetorical denunciation of the East India Company in 1783. Shows how Burke constructed a new understanding of imperial responsibility, in which the need to protect foreign peoples from unscrupulous Britons was stressed instead of any sense of racial…

Responds to an article in this same issue (which commented on these authors' 1993 article in the same journal). Suggests cultural context as another possible factor that may have caused results in the various studies under discussion to be different. (SR)

Shows how compliance-gaining theory (more accurately than the "bad news formula") can help to explain the content and style of two kinds of memos that deliver bad news from managers to subordinates. Finds that features of compliance gaining governing message production explicate the power base, verbal strategies and tactics, and…

Explores the relationship between self-reported managerial work roles and successful influence strategies with subordinates. Finds that in the role of motivator, managers can obtain more commitment and effort from subordinates by relying less on coalition and exchange tactics and more on use of ingratiating and inspirational appeals tactics. (SR)

Examines the relationship among demographic factors, employment interview communication patterns, and employment interview outcomes. Finds that gender and race factors had no direct impact on interview outcomes (ratings and referrals) nor did these factors indirectly affect outcomes through communication patterns. (SR)

Reports on a study investigating employees' motives (pleasure, affection, escape, relaxation, control, inclusion, and duty) for communication with coworkers or superiors and their satisfaction with work, satisfaction with superiors, and commitment. Notes differences between females and males among the numerous motives for communication under…

Reviews and integrates 113 empirical studies on performance appraisals that were published between 1980 and 1990 in business, communication, and psychology journals. Finds that organizations use collaborative and traditional instruments to evaluate employees; raters' training is essential; multiple raters are more effective than single raters;…