Project and Report (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. M.S. 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-63). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Young, Florida State University, College of Communication, Dept. of Communication. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 14, 2005). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Montana, 2009. / Title from author supplied metadata. Description based on contents viewed on August 13, 2009. Author supplied keywords: Assimilation ; assimilation process ; assimilation program ; assimilation and Opportunity Resources ; Opportunity Resources ; ORI. Includes bibliographical references.

Dissertation--Universität Mannheim, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Masters Diploma (Technology))--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 1995 / Most organisations are normally aware of the importance of effective internal and external communication. However, if organisations do not make use of modern communication technologies and train and motivate users to utilise these effectively, it could seriously hamper effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, a competitive edge and profitability. Although large organisations normally are cognisant of modern communication technologies and largely make use of these, it does not imply that these technologies are regularly acquired and/or used to the optimum. In contrast, smaller organisations as well those functioning from home, may never even be exposed to these technologies. When taking the above-mentioned aspects into consideration, it becomes clear that employees in offices in large, medium and small organisations may experience definite needs and frustrations which may lead to dissatisfaction. This study determined the importance of communication in organisations, types of communication technologies used by large, medium and small organisations as well as communication needs and frustrations within organisations. The study also, to a lesser degree, determined how the user is influenced by modern communication technologies, ego the answering machine and electronic mail, and whether resistance to the use of these is prevalent. A literature study concerning the importance of communication in general, but more specifically in the office environment, (as a basis for the eventual productive and cost-effective utilisation of the different communication technologies) was undertaken. The study included traditional, modern and the latest available communication technologies in use overseas and locally as well as the advantages and disadvantages attached to these.

The current set of studies attempted to examine how particular interpersonal goals affected the displays of nonverbal behaviors during job interviews for men and women particularly high and low in self-monitoring needs, and how these nonverbal behaviors affected subsequent applicant ratings and hiring decisions. In Study 1, participants were assigned the role of interviewee for a mock job interview and interviewed for a position which emphasized either competence, ingratiation, or an unspecified self-presentational goal. Participants' interviews were coded for the performance of a number of nonverbal behaviors. While we predicted main effects of self-presentational goal on interviewees' nonverbal behaviors and levels of emotion, as well as interactions between self-presentational goal and gender and between self-presentational goal and self-monitoring, the majority of the effects found related to the interviewees' level of self monitoring; high self-monitors were perceived by judges as less anxious, by interviewers as more competent and hirable, and by both judges and interviewers as happier than low self-monitors. Based on the results of Study 1, prototypes of nonverbal behaviors were constructed. Male and female confederates were trained to produce the levels and combinations of nonverbal behaviors exhibited by those individuals rated the most and least likable in Study 1 while giving a scripted interview. These interviews were videotaped and shown to male and female participants who rated the interviews on a number of measures. Participants' ratings of interview performance, happiness, and anxiety were all significantly affected by nonverbal prototype, and ratings of likability were marginally affected by prototype. Interviewee gender significantly influenced ratings of competence and likability, and had a marginal effect on ratings of interview performance. Finally, nonverbal prototype and interviewee gender interacted to produce significant effects for interview performance, likability, competence, happiness, and anxiety. This interaction suggests that performance of the same sets of nonverbal behaviors by male and female interviewees are received and evaluated quite differently.

Thesis (M.IC.)--Unitec New Zealand, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-81).

Due to rising unemployment levels, researchers have begun to investigate how corporations handle layoffs and how they could manage them better in the future. Public relations practitioners can use this type of research to help organizations learn how to best maintain their images, reputations and productivity amid mass layoffs. When an organization conducts mass layoffs, its actions become both a current event and a public issue that is frequently discussed in newspaper articles. In order for downsizing organizations to be aware of the public?s perceptions of their layoff procedures, they should be aware of how the news media represents them. This study used a content analysis of different newspaper articles to determine how three downsizing organizations (General Motors, Caterpillar, and Boeing) were portrayed in the midst of mass layoffs. This study examined a sample of newspaper articles from two nationally-distributed daily newspapers (The New York Times and The Washington Post). It also included articles from daily newspaper that were located in the cities where the layoffs took place (The Detroit News, The Chicago Tribune, and The Seattle Times). The findings did not show that the newspapers? articles about the layoffs tended to be more prominent in the regional publications than in the national publications. While the articles were often prominently placed in the newspapers, the layoffs were not typically the primary focus of the articles. The reporters frequently included details of the layoffs, such as the number of layoff victims, in their articles. They also frequently included attributions of blame for the layoff decisions. The articles, however, rarely discussed socially responsible actions made on behalf of the downsizing companies.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-101).

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