Describes the Research Think Tank of the Association for Business Communication: its history, 1996 focus and participants, and its process. Notes that key ideas emerging from this process focused on international communication, communication technology, connecting international communication, and implications for researchers. (SR)

Responds to a critique by M. Murphy in this issue (itself a critique of earlier articles). States that Murphy's arguments are at times "misguided and misdirected." Clarifies arguments in the earlier articles. Examines issues of definition and identity, methodologies, and the power that discourse and language have as media for managing…

Evaluates the issues surrounding the recovery of repressed memories through hypnosis and suggests ways clinicians might productively confront the attendant clinical dilemmas in this process. Discusses the hypnotic experience, the nature of memory, and clinical problems associated with recovered memories. Makes recommendations for clinicians. (RJM)

Introduces a new method for the visualization of information retrieval called TOFIR (Tool of Facilitating Information Retrieval). Discusses the use of angle attributes of a document to construct the angle-based visual space; two-dimensional and three-dimensional visual tools; ambiguity; and future research directions. (Author/LRW)

Describes a study that examined whether students who completed a required MBA-level management skills course believed their skills improved, and whether the skills they were taught were those needed in the workplace. Discusses implications for structuring such skill courses and the need for further research into their efficacy. Includes 9 tables.…

Presents research ideas for further study of the role of multicultural counseling competencies in counseling and psychotherapy. Research recommendations revolve around the ideas of including the client in the assessment of counselors' multicultural counseling competencies and of studying counselors' multicultural counseling competencies in…

Discusses the lively and often public debate in progress concerning the objectivity of the news media. Reports that scholars have approached the topic from three angles: content analysis, values, and the economics of the news industry. Suggests that the newswork routine of objectivity encourages fairness in public discourse and deserves attention…

Reports results of a study that was designed to empirically verify a system dynamics model that represents the relationship between dialog and structure as they relate to transactional distance and distance education. Topics discussed include discourse analysis; other variables relating to transactional distance; developing a prototype; and future…

This article notes a current de-emphasis on genetic syndromes in published articles concerning mental retardation despite major deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) advances in determining mental retardation causes. The article calls for incorporation of these genetic advances into behavioral research of mental retardation, especially as reflected in the…

Discusses improving the quality of satisfaction of information needs through the use of information retrieval systems. The characteristics of information need are investigated; a new instrument in information retrieval systems is proposed which takes into account different components of information need; and future research is suggested.…

Describes how school administrators operating from an ethic of care conduct their practice and how this practice differs from that of administrators operating solely from traditional leadership models. Shows how the work of certain career assistant principals did not fit traditional administrative theories and how professional and organizational…

Recommends four research issues in technical communication with direct implications for both teaching and practice: using the outlining feature (offered by many word processing programs) in writing instruction; the consequences of contemporary guidelines for prose style; the psychology of intimidation and impatience in documentation; and text…

Discusses implementation of tech prep in rural areas and notes that relatively little research has been done on behalf of small town schools. Teachers' comments regarding tech prep implementation provide additional insight into the situation. (JOW)

Discusses the conceptual status and uses of ethnic groups in developmental psychology. Discusses problems with the primordialist position and the influence of nationalism in defining culture. Argues that culture and ethnicity as shared and located within a bounded population is an increasingly outmoded notion. Maintains that developmental…

Suggests that scholars interested in the gendered relations of technology examine women's use of technologies in their daily work lives. Draws on a four-year study of how eight women, first as students and then as technical communicators, used one simple rhetorical technology in their work. Suggests future research directions as well as…