Small Group Communication: Theory & Practice
An Anthology
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Product details:
- Edition number 8
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 February 2010
- ISBN 9780195330007
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 178x235 mm
- Weight 100 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The eighth edition of Small Group Communication: Theory and Practice presents a collection of readings from the most well-known researchers and practitioners in the field. This comprehensive anthology spans a broad range of topics in communication theory, research, and practice. These include contemporary views of small groups, theories of group communication, group development and organization, group communication processes, group and team performance, group leadership, culture and
diversity in groups, and methods for analyzing group communication.
Long description:
The eighth edition of Small Group Communication: Theory and Practice presents a collection of readings from the most well-known researchers and practitioners in the field. This comprehensive anthology spans a broad range of topics in communication theory, research, and practice. These include contemporary views of small groups, theories of group communication, group development and organization, group communication processes, group and team performance, group leadership,
culture and diversity in groups, and methods for analyzing group communication.
New to the Eighth Edition:
New lead coeditor Randy Hirokawa (University of Iowa) brings a strong background in small group communication to the new edition, which features fourteen new and three updated chapters. New topics include:
* The bona fide group perspective
* The functional perspective
* Symbolic convergence theory
* Multiple sequence models of group development
* Virtual group communication
* New communication technologies
* Social influence processes in groups
* Counteractive influence and group leadership
* Characteristics of effective health care teams
* Sex, gender, and communication in groups
* Narrative analysis of group communication
* Methods for evaluating group communication
In addition, two new sections have been added: "Theories of Group Communication" and "Observing Group Communication," with three new chapters in each section. Thought-provoking introductions to each section provide internal cohesiveness and structure to the book.
Importantly, each reading offers its own individual introduction, which alerts readers to key points and integrates the selection into the larger themes of the section. These introductions serve as a "road map" as students travel through the ongoing intellectual developments, diverse views, and continuing debates that make the study of small group communication an exciting adventure.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Nature of Groups
Introduction
1. Groups as Systems
2. Rethinking the Nature of Groups: A Bona Fide Group Perspective
3. Distinguishing Characteristics of Virtual Groups
Part II: Theories of Group Communication
Introduction
4. Effective Decision-making and Problem-solving in Groups: A Functional Perspective
5. Symbolic Convergence Theory
6. Group Communication and the Structuring Process
Part III: Organization of Groups
Introduction
7. Time and Transition in Work Teams: Toward a New Model of Group Development
8. Multiple Sequence Model of Group Development
Part IV: Group Processes
Introduction
9. Spatial Relationships in Small Groups
10. Feedback Processes in Task Groups
11. Influencing Others in Group Interaction: Individual, Subgroup, Group, and Intergroup Processes
Part V: Groups and Teams
Introduction
12. Communication and Group Decision-making Efficacy
13. New Communication Technologies and Teams
14. Characteristics of Effective Health Care Teams
15. Teaming with Emotions: The Impact of Emotionality on Work-Team Collaboration
Part VI: Leadership in Groups
Introduction
16. Leadership as the Art of Counteractive Influence in Decision-making and Problem-solving Groups
17. Leadership and Gender: Challenging Assumptions and Recognizing Resources
18. Leadership as Organizing
Part VII: Diversity in Groups
Introduction
19. Sex, Gender, and Communication in Small Groups
20. Communication in the Multicultural Group
21. Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Work Group Communication
Part VIII: Analyzing Group Communication
Introduction
22. Observing Group Interaction
23. Narrative Analysis of Group Communication
24. Evaluating Group Discussion
