Jeffrey T. Child

Bio: Jeffrey T. Child is an academic researcher from Kent State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public speaking & Social media. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1110 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeffrey T. Child include North Dakota State University & University of Dayton.

Blogging, communication, and privacy management: Development of the Blogging Privacy Management Measure

Abstract: This study applied Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory to the context of blogging and developed a validated, theory-based measure of blogging privacy management. Across three studies, 823 college student bloggers completed an online survey. In study one (n = 176), exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques tested four potential models. Study two (n = 291) cross-validated the final factor structure obtained in the fourth model with a separate sample. Study three (n = 356) tested the discriminant and predictive validity of the measure by comparing it to the self-consciousness scale. The Blogging Privacy Management Measure (BPMM) is a multidimensional, valid, and reliable construct. Future research could explore the influence of family values about privacy on blogging privacy rule management. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Communication Privacy Management Theory : Significance for Interpersonal Communication

Abstract: Issues of disclosure and privacy management are important to the development and maintenance of interpersonal relationships. We discuss communication privacy management (CPM) theory as a framework for understanding how people make choices to disclose information to others or protect it from access. CPM theory is a rules- and systems-based theory about disclosure and privacy management. After presenting CPM, we highlight recent trends in interpersonal communication using the theoretical framework, including examinations of CPM and interpersonal health issues, the use of social media, and family communication. The chapter concludes with discussion of directions for future research and evaluation of the CPM theoretical framework.

Let's Be Facebook Friends: Exploring Parental Facebook Friend Requests from a Communication Privacy Management (CPM) Perspective

Abstract: Young adults may interact on Facebook in ways that makes them feel vulnerable about parental Facebook friend requests. This study utilizes Communication Privacy Management theory as a framework to investigate how young adult Facebook users respond to parental Facebook friend requests. Overall, 235 individuals completed an online survey. Results confirmed that users tend to accept parental Facebook friend requests from both parents and make few restrictive privacy rule adjustments when contemplating the requests. However, request decisions for mothers varied in conjunction with family privacy orientation, parent-child relationship quality, and parent-child trust, but not for fathers. These results suggest that young adults do not experience a privacy dilemma when contemplating parental connections on Facebook. Implications of the study are explored, including how power differentials inherent in the parent-child relationship may be impacting young adults' perceived ability to decline such requests. Future r...

The cognitive underpinnings of effective teamwork: a meta-analysis.

Abstract: Major theories of team effectiveness position emergent collective cognitive processes as central drivers of team performance. We meta-analytically cumulated 231 correlations culled from 65 independent studies of team cognition and its relations to teamwork processes, motivational states, and performance outcomes. We examined both broad relationships among cognition, behavior, motivation, and performance, as well as 3 underpinnings of team cognition as potential moderators of these relationships. Findings reveal there is indeed a cognitive foundation to teamwork; team cognition has strong positive relationships to team behavioral process, motivational states, and team performance. Meta-analytic regressions further indicate that team cognition explains significant incremental variance in team performance after the effects of behavioral and motivational dynamics have been controlled. The nature of emergence, form of cognition, and content of cognition moderate relationships among cognition, process, and performance, as do task interdependence and team type. Taken together, these findings not only cumulate extant research on team cognition but also provide a new interpretation of the impact of underlying dimensions of cognition as a way to frame and extend future research.