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  • Negotiating between conflicting discourse communities : scientists writing technical marketing copy

    Creator:
    Bratten, JoAnne Lynn
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    This case study investigates how scientists who write technical marketing copy experience and resolve the tension that results from the conflicting demands of their local (company) and global (research science) discourse communities. Twelve scientists, who are currently technical marketing writers at a small biotechnology company, were interviewed by e-mail over...
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    Masters Thesis
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    loyalty to the conventions of scientific communication conflict with the conventions of marketing

  • The Ibis, journal of the British Ornithologists' Union : a pre-synthesis portrait

    Creator:
    Johnson, Kristin Renee
    Abstract:
    In 1959 the British Ornithological journal, The Ibis, published a centenary commemorative volume on the history of ornithology in Britain. Over the previous few decades, the contributors to this volume had helped focus the attention of ornithologists on the methods, priorities, and problems of modem biology, specifically the theory ofevolution...
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    Masters Thesis
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    The Ibis, Journal of the British Ornithologists' Union: A Pre

  • Nonverbal communication and restaurant personnel

    Creator:
    Drago, Carleen
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    Servers in a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to assess perceptions of their use of nonverbal communication, how they believe nonverbal communication affects tipping behavior, and whether or not they received formal training in nonverbal communication tactics. The study also links nonverbal communication with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    interview to assess perceptions of their use of nonverbal communication, how they believe nonverbal

  • 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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    . Jensen This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to

  • Marketing sophistication in the forest products industry

    Creator:
    Han, Xiaoou
    Abstract:
    In the forest products business and management literature, one common categorization of different types of innovation is product innovation, process innovation and business systems innovation. Forest products companies have long placed high emphasis on process innovations, which are related to yield maximization, manufacturing efficiency and operating costs reduction. This is...
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    Dissertation
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    and customer side of the business, i.e., business system innovations. In a company, marketing

  • A Theoretical Framework to Capture Stakeholders' Perspectives for the Design of Collaborative Communication Structures for Specialized Organizations

    Creator:
    Chongvilaiwan, Tanida
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    Small business energy analysts often specialize in one aspect of the business. This specialized focus is done by necessity due to scarcity of resources and to maintain a proprietary market niche. However, this specialized focus results in a growth inhibitor due to their lack of ability to address all the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    in the design of communication structures to coordinate collaborative efforts

  • 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

  • Encoding Accuracy in Interpersonal Relationships : A New Measure of Encoding Ability

    Creator:
    Raymond, Alyssa M.
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    The ability to accurately convey an intended nonverbal emotional message is critical for competent interpersonal functioning. To examine encoding ability, a replication of Noller’s (1980) study employing content standard methodology was conducted. This method is essentially an acting task where participants are given a hypothetical social scene within which they...
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    Masters Thesis
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    messages. Whereas Noller studied marital communications, we extended her method to study communication

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

    Creator:
    Kinefuchi, Etsuko
    Abstract:
    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

  • Trust, communication and creativity in new product development teams

    Creator:
    Siacotos, Thomas John Charles
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    The researcher explored interpersonal trust (a construct from the fields of psychology and sociometry) in the context of engineering work groups. The study explored the potential antecedents of trust and the relationships among trust, creativity, communication, emotional empathy and positive affect. The study attempts to argue that 1) trust is...
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    to increased communication 33 The process of communication 33 Communication quality 3 3 Trust