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Synopsis
New Directions in Group Communication takes as its mission the setting of the agenda for the study of group communication in the future. It does so by presenting work that scholars have not previously explored in the current small group communication literature. Part I focuses on new theoretical and conceptual directions, both presenting new views and extending current positions. PartII examines new research methodologies, while Part III looks at antecedent factors affecting group communication.PartsIV andVof the text provide insight into both group communication process and practices. PartVI covers different group communication contexts, including communication patterns in top management teams.
Synopsis
New Directions in Group Communication takes as its mission the setting of the agenda for the study of group communication in the future. It does so by presenting work that scholars have not previously explored in the current small group communication literature. Part One focuses on new theoretical and conceptual directions, both presenting new views and extending current positions. Part Two examines new research methodologies, while Part Three looks at antecedent factors affecting group communication.??Parts Four and Five??of the text provide insight into both group communication process and practices. Part Six covers different group communication contexts, including communication patterns in top management teams. takes as its mission the setting of the agenda for the study of group communication in the future. It does so by presenting work that scholars have not previously explored in the current small group communication literature. Part One focuses on new theoretical and conceptual directions, both presenting new views and extending current positions. Part Two examines new research methodologies, while Part Three looks at antecedent factors affecting group communication.??Parts Four and Five??of the text provide insight into both group communication process and practices. Part Six covers different group communication contexts, including communication patterns in top management teams.
An excellent companion to The Handbook of Group Communication Theory and Research, this volume sets the direction for future study for students and scholars alike.
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Table of Contents
Theoretical perspectives. New directions for functional, symbolic convergence, structuration, and bona fide group perspectives of group communication / Jennifer H. Waldeck, Carolyn A. Shepard, Jeremy Teitelbaum, W. Jeffrey Farrar, and David R. Seibold. Being a part and apart : dialectics and group communication / Scott D. Johnson and Lynette M. Long. Foregrounding feminist theory in group communication research / Nancy Wyatt -- Methodological procedures. Ethnographic practices in group communication research / Natalie J. Dollar and Gerianne M. Merrigan. The group dynamics q-sort in group communication research / Randall S. Peterson -- Antecedent factors affecting group communication. The state of traits : predispositions and group communication / Joann Keyton and Lawrence R. Frey. The effects of culture and cultural diversity on comunication in work groups : synthesizing vertical and cultural differences with a face-negotiation perspective / John G. Oetzel -- Group communication processes. Rethinking traditional approaches to argument in groups / Rene A. Meyers and Dale E. Brashers. Enlarging the meaning of group deliberation : from discussion to dialogue / J. Kevin Barge. Self-organizing and complexity perspectives of group creativity : implications for group communication / Abran J. Salazar -- Group communication facilitation and education practices. Getting to groupaha! : provoking creative processes in task groups / Sunwolf. Exploring consequences of group communication in the classroom : unraveling relational learning / Terre H. Allen and Timothy G. Plax -- Group communication contexts. Bona fide perspective for the future of groups : understanding collaborating groups / Cynthia Stohl and Kasey Walker. Communication in top management teams / Theodore E. Zorn and George H. Tompson. Cross-national group communication research : prospects and promise / Robert Shuter. Group communication and technology : rethinking the role of communication modality in group work and performance / Edward A. Mabry.