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  • Comparing organizational theory to practice : using communication to describe a consensual organization

    Creator:
    Lang, Sabrina A.
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    The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ofMaster of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Speech Communication and Adult

  • Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

    Creator:
    Dokken, Cort J.
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    Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Interdisciplinary Studies in the codepartments of Speech Communication, Political Science, and Sociology presented

  • Disputant storytelling in divorce mediation

    Creator:
    Hansen, Alan R.
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    This paper investigates the nature of disputants' stories within the context of divorce mediation. Tapes and transcripts of actual mediation sessions from three different sources are scrutinized, utilizing a modified form of conversation analysis known as ethnography of speaking. Several themes emerge from this analysis of disputants' stories: the functions...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : "discussions about communication in the mediation literature ... focus almost exclusively on the mediator

  • Communication Styles Used by Male and Female Executives to Handle Conflict with Subordinates

    Creator:
    Rahmun, Lindsay
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    This study examines the self-reported behavior and ideals of a sample of upper level managers, in relation to conflict management with subordinates. A survey developed by the author, which measures directive and participative managerial behavior and ideals, was sent to a randomly selected sample of 250 female and 250 male...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in the co-departments of Speech Communication, Business

  • Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
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    This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Speech Communication, and Business Administration presented on

  • Intercultural Communication Competence Between Malays and Chinese in Malaysian Organizational and Social Settings

    Creator:
    Omar, Mariani
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    This study analyzed intercultural communication competence between Malays and Chinese in organizational and social settings in Malaysia. Two groups: Malays and Chinese in organizations in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), were studied. The intent of this study was to find similarities and differences in Malays and Chinese' communication styles. A total of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the degree of Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Speech

  • Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

    Creator:
    Kinefuchi, Etsuko
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    This study explored perceptions of performance feedback communicated by Japanese supervisors to their U.S. subordinates in Japanese subsidiaries in the U. S. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates and their responses were tape-recorded. The purpose of the study was to assess perceptual similarities and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Etsuko Kinefuchi for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication

  • Forestry & Communication : A Coos Bay Case Study

    Creator:
    Livingstone, Tasha
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    This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to describe where residents of Coos Bay and North Bend Oregon obtain information about forests and forest uses, and how they view the credibility of that information. As a qualitative exploratory study, grounded theory methodology was used to develop theme...
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    Masters Thesis
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    & Communication: A Coos Bay Case Study by Tasha Livingstone A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • “I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

    Creator:
    Anderson, Anna
    Abstract:
    This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Adult Education, and

  • Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

    Creator:
    Biddle, Ronald Lon
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    This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, Speech Communication, and Human Development and Famil Sci jr