Organizational Communication

Includes over 1,200 abstracts of books, journal articles and other material about organizational communication published in 1981. This eighth volume in the series is supplemented with analytic essays and a variety of indexes. The opening essay by Frederic Jablin and Lyle Sussman reviews both the concept of and the literature on organizational group communication. The literature classification schemes are then reviewed. Abstracts of books, book contributions, articles, theses and government reports follow, as well as an overview of the work done in 1981. Organizational Communication continues to provide the most reliable and comprehensive guide to recently published and unpublished literature in the field.



'This reference work offers a comprehensive presentation and thorough analysis of the literature of an interdisciplinary topic. It not only contributes to the understanding and organization of the subject field, but also serves as an example of a useful bibliographic classification system developed for a defined body of literature.' -- American Reference Books Annual, 1984