Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Olufowote, James"
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CONCERTIVE RESISTANCE: HOW ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS RESIST COLLECTIVELY IN THE ABSENCE OF RESISTANCE LEADERSHIP
Zanin, Alaina (2015-05)This dissertation describes an organizational phenomenon whereby organizational members are able to resist managerial influence collectively in the absence of overt talk or leadership communication—labeled here concertive ... -
Cross-cultural comparisons on pathways between language barriers and health disparities
Terui, Sachiko (2016-12-16)Despite a large number of studies verifying the correlations among language barriers in healthcare settings and health disparities, the precise ways language barriers contribute to health disparities is less clear. This ... -
Finding the Big Picture: A Bona Fide Group Approach to Work Team Assimilation
Tornes, Michael (2015-12)The purpose of the present study was to use the bona fide group perspective to study organizational assimilation through the work team context. Applying this perspective served to address two limitations in the organizational ... -
Indigenous Deliberation: Community Driven Research, Dual-Role Researchers, and Capacity Building in the Chickasaw Nation
Livingston, Dalaki (2023-05-12)This study examines the experiences and roles of community researchers in The Chickasaw Nation’s Indigenous Deliberation. The 2-day deliberative gathering happened in 2018 which sets a precedence for continued Indigenous ... -
Negotiating the Tensions of Collective Change Implementation
Hoelscher, Carrisa (2016-05)Given the increasing number of interorganizational collaborations across governmental and private sectors, this study furthers theoretical understanding of these important relationships by focusing on dialectical tensions ... -
New mothers' management of complaints in computer-mediated communication channels
Wang, Guoyu (2022-12)This study examines new mothers’ complaining behaviors in computer-mediated communication (CMC) channels and investigates mothers’ privacy management when self-disclose family issues online. This study includes data collected ... -
Realistic organizational previews (ROPs) during the offer consideration period: A comparison of candidate responses to absent, explicit, and implicit race-related recruitment messaging from organizational recruiters
Austin, Jasmine (2019-12-13)This study addresses the critical question as to whether recruiters should provide race-related realistic organizational previews (ROP) to minority job candidates after the candidate receives a job offer to join the ... -
SHAPING THE FUTURE: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF NARRATIVES IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INNOVATION.
Wilson, Karis K. (2024-05-10)This dissertation study examines and produces empirical evidence on how organizational members, who are food pantry employees, share stories and narratives created by the organizational group. This exploration provides ... -
Transversing Our borders: Decolonizing Communication Theory
Mosley, Sterlin (2015-08-14)This dissertation explores the limitations of western communication models through analyzing the western colonial philosophical assumptions which underlie theories of communication. The themes of knowledge, reality, identity, ... -
Understanding Emotionally Supportive Family Communication Individuals with MS Experience Through a Critical Interpersonal and Family Communication (CIFC) Framework
Morrissey, Brittney S. (2024-05-10)Emotionally supportive communication (ESC) has been argued as the most valuable form of supportive communication, which the present study explores from the perspective of individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS). ...