The purpose of this dissertation is to create a psychometric instrument, the Attorney Communication Skills Instrument (ASCI), which measures the communication strengths and weaknesses exhibited by attorneys during their client interviews. / The Inventory is composed of three tests, the ACSI-Climate, ACSI-Listening, and ACSI-Nonverbal, which were assessed in three empirical surveys. The first assessment involved a mail survey to 500 randomly selected members of The Florida Bar Association. The second assessment involved the distribution of 333 copies of each test to attorneys attending the 1993 Florida Bar Association's Annual Convention. The third survey was mailed to 3900 randomly selected members of The America Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section. / The results indicate a highly defensible psychometric inventory. The results evidence a strong set of homogeneous, unidimensional items which appear to reliably and validly measure the communication constructs of establishing a supportive climate, listening, and nonverbal communication skills. The resulting items may now be used to test the presence of certain communication skills and how effectively attorneys use those skills when interviewing and interacting with their clientele. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-04, Section: A, page: 0800. / Major Professor: Marilyn Young. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77127 |
| Contributors | Brey, James Robert., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 351 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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