Research Catalog

Title

New directions in group communication / editor, Lawrence R. Frey.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Pub., [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors

Frey, Lawrence R.

Description

xviii, 326 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Communication in small groups
• Interpersonal communication

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Introduction: New Directions in Group Communication / Lawrence R. Frey -- Pt. I. Theoretical Perspectives. 1. New Directions for Functional, Symbolic Convergence, Structuration, and Bona Fide Group Perspectives of Group Communication / Jennifer H. Waldeck, Carolyn A. Shepard and Jeremy Teitelbaum / [et al.]. 2. "Being a Part and Being Apart": Dialectics and Group Communication / Scott D. Johnson and Lynette M. Long. 3. Foregrounding Feminist Theory in Group Communication Research / Nancy Wyatt -- Pt. II. Methodological Procedures. 4. Ethnographic Practices in Group Communication Research / Natalie J. Dollar and Gerianne M. Merrigan. 5. The Group Dynamics Q-Sort in Group Communication Research / Randall S. Peterson -- Pt. III. Antecedent Factors Affecting Group Communication. 6. The State of Traits: Predispositions and Group Communication / Joann Keyton and Lawrence R. Frey.
• 7. The Effects of Culture and Cultural Diversity on Communication in Work Groups: Synthesizing Vertical and Cultural Differences With a Face-Negotiation Perspective / John G. Oetzel -- Pt. IV. Group Communication Processes. 8. Rethinking Traditional Approaches to Argument in Groups / Renee A. Meyers and Dale E. Brashers. 9. Enlarging the Meaning of Group Deliberation: From Discussion to Dialogue / J. Kevin Barge. 10. Self-Organizing and Complexity Perspectives of Group Creativity: Implications for Group Communication / Abran J. Salazar -- Pt. V. Group Communication Facilitation and Educational Practices. 11. Getting to "GroupAha!": Provoking Creative Processes in Task Groups / Sunwolf. 12. Exploring Consequences of Group Communication in the Classroom: Unraveling Relational Learning / Terre H. Allen and Timothy G. Plax -- Pt. VI. Group Communication Contexts. 13. A Bona Fide Perspective for the Future of Groups: Understanding Collaborting Groups / Cynthia Stohl and Kasey Walker.
• 14. Communication in Top Management Teams / Theodore E. Zorn, Jr. and George H. Tompson. 15. Cross-National Group Communication Research: Prospect and Promise / Robert Shuter. 16. Group Communication and Technology: Rethinking the Role of Communication Modality in Group Work and Performance / Edward A. Mabry.

ISBN

• 0761912800 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0761912819 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001005424

OCLC

• ocm47989793
• SCSB-4248487

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries