New Directions in Group Communication [Paperback]

New Directions in Group Communication takes as its mission the setting of the agenda for the study of group communication in the future. It does so by presenting work that scholars have not previously explored in the current small group communication literature. Part I focuses on new theoretical and conceptual directions, both presenting new views and extending current positions. Part?II examines new research methodologies, while Part III looks at antecedent factors affecting group communication.?Parts?IV and?V?of the text provide insight into both group communication process and practices. Part?VI covers different group communication contexts, including communication patterns in top management teams.

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New Directions in Group Communication takes as its mission the setting of the agenda for the study of group communication in the future. It does so by presenting work that scholars have not previously explored in the current small group communication literature. Part I focuses on new theoretical and conceptual directions, both presenting new views and extending current positions. Part?II examines new research methodologies, while Part III looks at antecedent factors affecting group communication.?Parts?IV and?V?of the text provide insight into both group communication process and practices. Part?VI covers different group communication contexts, including communication patterns in top management teams.

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Introduction: New Directions in Group Communication - L. R. Frey
PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. New Directions for Functional, Symbolic Convergence, Structuration, and Bona Fide Group Perspectives of Group Communication - J. H. Waldeck & et al
2. Being a Part and Apart : Dialectics and Group Communication - S. D. Johnson & L. Long
3. Foregrounding Feminist Theory in Group Cl#