1st Edition

Organizational Communication Dynamics and Higher Education

By Philip J. Salem Copyright 2024
232 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an analysis, a synthesis, and an application of over 50 years of organizational communication higher education research. What distinguishes one university from another is how members communicate with each other, and what distinguishes successful higher education organizations from others are their unique communication practices. Bringing important lessons and knowledge from the... Read more

Preface  Chapter 1: Human Information Processing  Chapter 2: Human Communication  Chapter 3: Higher Education Organizations  Chapter 4: Information Processing Challenges  Chapter 5: Communication and Morale  Chapter 6: External Communication  Chapter 7: Leadership  Chapter 8: Communication and Organizational Change

Biography

Philip J. Salem is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Texas State University. His publications include work on organizational communication, interpersonal communication, communication and technology, research methods, and communication theory. His most recent work relates complexity theory to human communication and to communication and organizational change, and his textbook about human communication technology is now in a third edition. He was the third person to receive the Outstanding Member Award for Contributions to the Discipline and the Association from the Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association.