Interpersonal communication

About: Interpersonal communication is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26243 publications have been published within this topic receiving 767999 citations.

Strategic Internal Communication: Transformational Leadership, Communication Channels, and Employee Satisfaction

Abstract: The current study investigates how leadership influences internal public relations by building the linkage between transformational leadership, the use of communication channels, symmetrical communication, and employee satisfaction. Furthermore, it examines the effectiveness of various internal communication channels. Through a web survey of 400 employees working in medium-sized and large corporations in the United States, the study showed that transformational leadership positively influences the organization’s symmetrical internal communication and employee relational satisfaction. Transformational leaders most often use information-rich face-to-face channels to communicate with followers. Leaders’ use of face-to-face channels is positively associated with employee satisfaction. Employees mostly prefer emails to receive information from the organization regarding new decisions, policies, events, or changes, followed by general employee meetings and interpersonal communication with managers. Theoretical ...

Modes of Communication

Abstract: The paper develops a theory of costly communication in which the sender’s and receiver’s motivations and abilities endogenously determine the communication mode and the transfer of knowledge. Communication is modeled as a problem of moral hazard in teams, in which the sender and receiver select persuasion and message elaboration efforts. The model is shown to provide a rich set of insights concerning (i) the impact of incentive alignment on communication strategies, (ii) the relative influence and the complementarity/substitutability between issue‐relevant communication and cues (information that relates to the credibility of the sender rather than to the issue at stake), and (iii) the path dependency of communication.

Differential Superior-Subordinate Relations, Perceptions of Fairness, and Coworker Communication

Abstract: This study examines the complex relationships between differential superior-subordinate relations, fairness perceptions, and coworker communication. Data gathered from employees in a variety of organizations indicate that differential treatment from a supervisor to his or her subordinates influences coworker communication by (a) leading coworkers to talk about the differential treatment itself, and (b) influencing the nature of the communication relationships among the coworkers. Data also provide insight into issues of perceived organizational fairness, indicating that fairness perceptions are often socially constructed by work group members through discourse.

Nonverbal Communication: Forms and Functions

Abstract: PART I. THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION 1. Nonverbal Communication and Language: Distinctions and Connections 2. The Body Codes of Nonverbal Communication 3. The Contextual Codes of Nonverbal Communication 4. Cultural Cues: Nonverbal Communication in a Diverse World 5. Gender, Sex, and Nonverbal Communication PART II. AFFECTIVE EXCHANGES: FEELINGS AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION 6. The Nonverbal Communication of Emotion 7. Communication and Stress: Nonverbal Reactions to Arousal and Anxiety 8. Immediacy and Nonverbal Communication 9. Nonverbal Communication in Intimate Relationships PART III. IMPLICIT INFLUENCE: NONVERBAL CUES OF PERSUASION, DECEPTION, AND POWER 10. Persuasive Posturing: Influencing Others through Nonverbal Communication 11. Concealing and Revealing: Deception and Its Detection through Nonverbal Cues 12. Positions of Power: The Nonverbal Communication of Controls, Power, and Status

A Semantic Network Analysis of the International Communication Association

Abstract: This article examines the structure of the International Communication Association (ICA) through semantic network analysis. Semantic network analysis examines the relationships among a system's components based on the shared meanings of symbols. Galileo analysis and Quadratic Analysis Procedure revealed that the semantic network for ICA based on paper titles presented to its divisions and interest groups at its 1991 conference had a high degree of correspondence with the affiliation structure reported by Barnett and Danowski. Both networks differentiated the humanistic divisions from the scientific, the mediated from the interpersonal, and the theoretical from the applied. The results are taken to be an indication of the validity of the procedures employed for determining semantic networks. Finally, results are interpreted in regard to Human Communication Research's relationship to its parent organization, ICA.