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Examining the Use of Alternative Restoration Scripts on the Psychological Reactance Process
(2014-05)
This study (N = 396) utilized a 3 (restoration: prescript vs. restoration postscript vs. control) × 2 (language: forceful vs. non-forceful) × 2 (topic: exercise vs. nutrition) mixed-model design to examine the effects of ...
Finding the Big Picture: A Bona Fide Group Approach to Work Team Assimilation
(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 ...
AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS: THE ROLE OF NETWORK STRUCTURES AND BOUNDARY SPANNER BEHAVIORS AS RELATED TO COLLABORATION IN INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS
(2011)
Using data collected as part of a grant project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF# 0538924), an exploratory analysis of the latent organizational structures and boundary spanner behaviors that impact perceived ...
HOW MEMORABLE SOCIALIZATION MESSAGES FROM WITHIN CULTURAL COMMUNITIES SHAPE ADULT MEANING ATTRIBUTIONS ABOUT WORK: THE CASE OF LEBANESE-AMERICANS
(2013)
This dissertation describes the process by which community messaging obligates members to perform work behaviors in order to achieve full membership status--labeled here the Obligation-based Culturing of Work (OCW). The ...
Intercultural communication of identity: A study of Japanese international students in the United States.
(2010)
This study aims to explore and understand how Japanese international students in the United States experience intercultural communication of identity. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. The Japanese ...
Strength of weak ties and the modern job search
(2017-05-12)
This dissertation examines the social networks of job seekers and information sources using two samples of Americans who have sought jobs in the past two-years. After a brief introductory chapter and a chapter reviewing ...
COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA APARTHEID AND THE U.S. MEXICO SECURITY FENCE
(2015)
Powerful semiotic signs like the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall served significant communicative functions. The modern culture of nation state wall building continues despite the fact that the security fences are ...
The Influence of Storytelling on the Identity of Children of Adolescent Parents
(2018-12)
Grounded in Communicated Narrative Sensemaking, this dissertation examines the influence stigma and storytelling have on those born to adolescent parents. Analyses based on a survey completed by 141 individuals found those ...
Confronting and Defending Unethical Behavior: Communication and Ethical Sensegiving
(2011)
The purpose of this two-study dissertation was to investigate the role of communication in confronting and defending unethical organizational behavior. Utilizing two language production experimental designs, results reveal ...
An Ethnography of Twitch Streamers: Negotiating Professionalism in New Media Content Creation
(2017-05-12)
Twitch is an online video distribution platform that allows individuals to broadcast live video of themselves playing video games, and includes features that allow viewers to financially support their favorite Twitch ...