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Organizational Communication

2015

Communication

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Workplace Dignity: Communicating Inherent, Earned, And Remediated Dignity, Kristen Lucas Jul 2015

Workplace Dignity: Communicating Inherent, Earned, And Remediated Dignity, Kristen Lucas

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Extant research on dignity at work has revealed conditions that contribute to indignity, employees’ responses to dignity threats, and ways in which employees’ inherent dignity is undermined. But while dignity – and specifically indignity – is theorized as a phenomenon subjectively experienced and judged by individuals, little research has privileged workers’ own perspectives. In this study, working adults reveal how they personally experience and understand meanings of dignity at work. I describe three core components of workplace dignity and the communicative exchanges through which dignity desires commonly are affirmed or denied: inherent dignity as recognized by respectful interaction, earned dignity …

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Workplace Dignity: Communicating Inherent, Earned, And Remediated Dignity, Kristen Lucas Jun 2015

Workplace Dignity: Communicating Inherent, Earned, And Remediated Dignity, Kristen Lucas

Kristen Lucas

Extant research on dignity at work has revealed conditions that contribute to indignity, employees’ responses to dignity threats, and ways in which employees’ inherent dignity is undermined. But while dignity – and specifically indignity – is theorized as a phenomenon subjectively experienced and judged by individuals, little research has privileged workers’ own perspectives. In this study, working adults reveal how they personally experience and understand meanings of dignity at work. I describe three core components of workplace dignity and the communicative exchanges through which dignity desires commonly are affirmed or denied: inherent dignity as recognized by respectful interaction, earned dignity …

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Concise Guide To Interviewing, Jeralyn L L. Faris Dec 2014

Concise Guide To Interviewing, Jeralyn L L. Faris

Jeralyn L Faris

The Concise Guide to Interviewing is designed for use in an undergraduate classroom. It covers the definition and some relational aspects of an interview such as developing trust and respect and understanding the dynamics of control. The text focuses on communicative aspects including verbal, nonverbal and listening behaviors critical to the interview process and suggests ways to improve performance of these aspects. The role of an interviewer highlights the need for skill in preparation, strategy, and crafting of good questions and knowing how to identify and avoid poor questions. Specific instruction is provided for journalistic, employment, motivational, and focus group interviews.

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