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Speaking about ghosts (cerita hantu melayu): Malay narratives-in-interaction.
(2004)
This dissertation is divided into two parts. In Part One I discuss the literature associated with narrative to make a case for how narrative influences social reality. I find the monologic view of storytelling problematic ...
National Symbols and Social Change: A Case Study of Poland
(2014-05-09)
This study focuses on national symbols and the communicative role they play in social change as it manifests itself in social movements and revolutions. Symbols in social movements and revolutions play a crucial role in ...
The effects of information flow, seniority and status on communication satisfaction within a United States federal bureaucracy.
(2000)
The effects of information flow on communication satisfaction within a federal bureaucracy were investigated. Specifically, this study investigated the effects of receiving quality information, feedback, and timeliness of ...
The interpersonal communication of racism: Racism and responses.
(2001)
The focus of this dissertation is on racist messages as they are received and interpreted by ethnic group members and the on the structure of responses to those messages. Specifically the research questions addressed in ...
Institutional review boards: Politics, power, purpose and process in a regulatory organization.
(2002)
Alternatives are offered for consideration: (1) use of more precise terms, for example, distinctions between participant/patient, doctor/researcher, and therapy/research); (2) developing different rules for social research, ...
Caught in the crossfire: Non-combatant communicative practices in Northern Ireland.
(2003)
This dissertation in the area of Language and Social Interaction (LSI) study, approved by the University of Oklahoma Institutional Review Board (IRB) as #2003-233, investigates language use and cultural identity of ...
Communicated values as indicators of organizational identity: An examination of the United Church of God, an International Association's first five years.
(2000)
From these conclusions, recommendations are made first to the organization in light of the results, and second to communication scientists committed to extending organizational identity research. The three recommendations ...
Host environment, communication, and psychological health: A study of cross-cultural adaptation comparing Korean expatriates in the United States with American expatriates in South Korea.
(2003)
Future studies in this field could prove yet more fruitful by expanding the range of nationalities of the expatriate groups living and working in a variety of cultural regions. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
An examination of the relationship between personality dimensions and preference for a delivered or interactive test feedback style.
(2003)
This study examined client perceptions of a personality test feedback session. Participants (n = 82) took a well-known normal personality test and had their results interpreted for them in either a delivered or interactive ...
The impact of culturally acquired behavioral norms on workplace communication.
(2004)
This study explored cultural diversity influences on the concepts of time and punctuality; allowable limits of expressiveness; kinesics and oculesic cues; request/response time; and ethnic and gender preferences for ...