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Mid Michigan Community College
Education•Harrison, Michigan, United States•
About: Mid Michigan Community College is a education organization based out in Harrison, Michigan, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Competence (human resources) & Abelian group. The organization has 10 authors who have published 22 publications receiving 460 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the development of a self-report Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS) that taps 10 dimensions of competence: self-disclosure, empathy, social relaxation, assertiveness, interaction management, altercentrism, expressiveness, supportiveness, immediacy, and environmental control.
Abstract: This article reports the development of a self‐report Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale (ICCS) that taps 10 dimensions of competence: self‐disclosure, empathy, social relaxation, assertiveness, interaction management, altercentrism, expressiveness, supportiveness, immediacy, and environmental control. First, we created the ICCS, reducing the number of items from an original 60 to 10. Then we established concurrent validity of the scale by looking at the ICCS's relationship to cognitive and communication flexibility.
273 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a communication flexibility scale and corresponding validity and reliability information, which was used to evaluate the communication adaptability and social desirability of a speaker.
Abstract: Communication flexibility has long been recognized as an essential component of communication competence. This article reports the development of a communication flexibility scale and corresponding validity and reliability information. The Communication Flexibility Scale demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability; communication flexibility was positively related to social desirability and communication adaptability, yet was not related to rhetorical sensitivity. Discussion focused on future scale research and conceptual definitions of the constructs.
53 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between affinity-seeking competence and self-disclosure and the role of self-awareness in mediating this relationship, and found that selfawareness did not mediate this relationship to any significant degree.
Abstract: In this study we examined (a) the relationship between affinity‐seeking competence and self‐disclosure and (b) the role of self‐awareness in mediating this relationship. According to Social Penetration Theory, people who are able to develop affinity in relationships tend to self‐disclose to increase the intimacy of a relationship; a person who self‐discloses should have higher affinity‐seeking competence. Four hundred respondents completed measures of affinity‐seeking ability, self‐disclosure, and self‐awareness. The results support a linear relationship between self‐disclosure and affinity‐seeking competence, but self‐awareness did not mediate this relationship to any significant degree.
29 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attempted to replicate some of these previous studies and build on them by including additional variables and cross-sectional techniques to study the potential of shifting trends in community college retention.
Abstract: Retention is a complex issue of great importance to community colleges. Several retention models have been developed to help explain this phenomenon. However, these models typically have used four-year college and university environments to build their foundations. Several researchers have attempted to identify predictor variables using statistical analysis. This study attempts to replicate some of these previous studies and build on them by including additional variables and cross-sectional techniques to study the potential of shifting trends.
29 citations
TL;DR: It is argued that once an antiabortion theorist becomes aware of the frequency of spontaneous abortion, they have a strong moral obligation to redirect their efforts towards combating spontaneous abortion; failure to do so is morally monstrous.
Abstract: Many people believe human fetuses have the same moral status as adult human persons, that it is wrong to allow harm to befall things with this moral status, and thus voluntary, induced abortion is seriously morally wrong. Recently, many prochoice theorists have argued that this antiabortion stance is inconsistent; approximately 60% of human fetuses die from spontaneous abortion, far more than die from induced abortion, so if antiabortion theorists really believe that human fetuses have significant moral status, they have strong moral obligations to oppose spontaneous abortion. Yet, few antiabortion theorists devote any effort to doing so. Many prochoice theorists argue that to resolve this inconsistency, antiabortion theorists should abandon their opposition to induced abortion. Here, I argue that those who do not abandon their opposition to induced abortion but continue to neglect spontaneous abortion act immorally. Aristotle argues that moral responsibility requires both control and awareness; I argue that once an antiabortion theorist becomes aware of the frequency of spontaneous abortion, they have a strong moral obligation to redirect their efforts towards combating spontaneous abortion; failure to do so is morally monstrous.
28 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew M. Martin | 40 | 133 | 4900 |
| William Simkulet | 7 | 37 | 161 |
| Scott J. Mertes | 4 | 5 | 59 |
| Jordan D. Webster | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Lori Cortez | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Matthew W. Miller | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Gwladys A. Austin | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Gwladys Austin Vice President | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lucia Elden | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Alford | 0 | 1 | 0 |