Western Journal of Communication articles from June 2004

Western Journal of Communication archives from June 2004

Memorable Messages and Newcomer Socialization
June 22, 2004... MOST ORGANIZATIONAL socialization theorists and researchers agree that the entry point, or what is typically referred to as the encounter stage, is a key moment for people as they construct their relationship with an organization (Hess, 1993;...

Negotiating Autonomy and Connection through Politeness: A Dialectical Approach to Organizational Conflict Management
June 22, 2004... INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION scholars have noted that individuals struggle with dialectical tensions--opposing needs that appear mutually exclusive but must be met simultaneously (Baxter, 1988; 1990; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996; Bochner, Ellis,...

Manufacturing Health: Employee Perspectives on Problematic Outcomes in a Workplace Health Promotion Initiative
June 22, 2004... THE HEALTH PROMOTION literature predominantly depicts health-related initiatives as "pro-social" endeavors designed in the audience's best interests. Scholars and practitioners of workplace health promotion (WHP) in particular often assume that...

The Effect of Formality and Relational Tone on Supervisor/subordinate Negotiation Episodes
June 22, 2004... NEGOTIATION CAN BE defined simply as a "form of decision making in which two or more parties talk with one another in an effort to resolve their opposing interests" (Pruitt, 1981, p. xi.). Although traditional negotiation research typically...

Text-Based Interactivity in Candidate Campaign Web Sites: A Case Study from the 2002 Elections
June 22, 2004... OVER THE COURSE of the past decade, the World Wide Web has played a progressively increasing role in political campaigning. Gary Selnow (1998) noted that 1996 was the first year that political campaigns used the Web for mass campaigning, since...

You Ain't Just Whistling Dixie: How Carol Moseley-Braun Used Rhetorical Status to Change Jesse Helms' Tune
June 22, 2004... ON MAY 6, 1993, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-2 to refuse to renew a design patent (2) for an organizational logo of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). After 14 years, the patent had just expired. Freshman Senator and...