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This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center based on the original study. Drs. April Yue and Patrick Thelen conducted a study to investigate how perceived verbal aggression from supervisors and coworkers in the workplace affects employees’ perceptions of two types of conflicts – workgroup relationship conflict and work-life conflict – as … Continue reading Exploring the Impact of Workplace Verbal Aggression on Workgroup Dynamics, Employee Work-Life Balance, and Organizational Relationships →

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This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. Summary Internal communication comprises many forms of interactions in the workplace. While formal communication within organizations has been largely examined, little is known about informal communication concerning its actual relevance for employees and its functions and effects. Researchers zeroed in on informal communication and … Continue reading At The Water-Cooler: Work Time Wasted or Crucial Exchange Among Co-Workers? →

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This abstract is presented by the Organizational Communication Research Center. It is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research. Dr. Martha Fay and Dr. Susan Kline examined how informal communication between coworkers affected their organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Colleague relationships were also measured as coworker liking. A … Continue reading The Influence of Informal Communication on Organizational Identification →

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Author(s), Title and Publication Omillion-Hodges, L. M. & Ackerman, C.D. (2018). From the technical know-how to the free flow of ideas: Exploring the effects of leader, peer, and team communication on employee creativity. Communication Quarterly, 66 (1), 38-57. DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2017.1325385 Summary Creativity in the workplace is often studied and extant scholarship has shown that creativity … Continue reading From Technical Know-How to the Free Flow of Ideas: Exploring Employee Creativity →

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Author(s), Title and Publication Goldman, Z., W., & Myers, S. A. (2015). The relationship between organizational assimilation and employees’ upward, lateral, and displaced dissent. Communication Reports, 18(1), 24 – 35. Summary This article reports a study that explored the process by which an individual employee being integrated into the culture of an organization, i.e. organizational … Continue reading The Relationship Between Organizational Assimilation and Employees’ Upward, Lateral, and Displaced Dissent →