"A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momentary, situational, and small-scale or large-scale and systemic. The momentary involves shifts and meaningful changes in communication and related patterns that are created in communication between p ..."
"In a single volume, a team of distinguished international scholars draws on a wide range of social science theory to explain the dynamics of bargaining and diplomacy when many parties and many issues are involved. Each contributor explores a different approach to reaching successful agreements among diverse governments, multinational corporations, and other international actors. To show how these approaches work in actual practice, the ..."
"... of Communication Stewart Tubbs and Sylvia Moss Some years ago Lewin (1948),
... An Interpersonal Perspective, by Stewart L. Tubbs and Sylvia Moss. ..."
"The contributors to this volume study the ways in which employees create messages and symbols, and how they interpret the messages they receive. What do these messages and their symbols tell us about organizational culture? The contributors discuss the theoretical grounding of the approach and its relation to other perspectives. They also show it usefulness in studies that examine leadership, decision making, power, and organizational c ..."
"The Constitutive Role of Communication Linda L. Putnam, Anne M. Nicotera ... 16 , 136, 139, 146, 148, 149 DeSanctis,G.110, 112, 113 Diessner, R. 103,115 Dietrich, M.R. 91, 114 DiMaggio, P.J. 40, 45 Dooley, K.J. 27, 42, 46 Driver, M.J. 103, ..."
"Consolidating alternative perspectives on communication and negotiation, this volume reviews the work of noted communication scholars and suggests directions for future research. Contributors explore three major aspects of negotiation communication: strategies, tactics and negotiation processes; interpretive processes and language analysis; and negotiation situation and context. This research also explores bargaining planning, framing a ..."
"Work on organizational discourse studies has mushroomed in the past several decades, spanning various disciplines and encompassing a wide array of organizational topics. In contrast to micro-level studies of individual language and communication, Organizational Discourse Studies, a three-volume collection, focuses on discourse at organizational levels and is an invaluable resource to anyone interested in how methods of discourse analysi ..."
"dition, traces consensual meaning to scripts or socially constructed texts of
organizational interactions. ... In the field of speech communication, shared
meanings emerge in the form of coordinated management of meaning and
symbolic convergence. ... Conclusion This chapter serves as an introduction to
the interpretive approach, a research paradigm broadly defined as the study of
subjective, inter- ..."