National Communication Association

Organizational Communication Resources

A. Division’s Listserv

 

To sign up for the division's email listserv, do the following:

1. Log into the account that you'd like to use for mail from this list

2. Send a message to

listproc@lists.colorado.edu

3. In the BODY of the message, put

subscribe nca-orgcomm <your name>

(but don't put the pointy brackets)

To unsubscribe, follow the same instructions listed above, but replace the word "subscribe" with "unsubscribe" and don't put your name at the end

To change your email address, unsubscribe your old address, and then subscribe your new one.

 

 

B. Links & Resources for Research and Teaching

 

Any feedback, suggestions, and/or reports of broken links can be sent to Tim Kuhn or Adrian Ho


Internet Resources for Organizational Communication Theory

Communication Directions
http://www.uwec.edu/Sampsow/
Provides links to Internet resources related to corporate and organizational communications. Also lists resources for managerial measures and communication audits.

Communication Theory
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/comm_theory.html
"An index of names and resources addressing theoretical aspects of Communications from a variety of disciplines within the social sciences."

Communities of Practice: A Brief Introduction
http://www.ewenger.com/theory/index.htm
"Examines what communities of practice are and why researchers and practitioners in so many different contexts find them useful as an approach to knowing and learning."

Complexity, Complex Systems & Chaos Theory: Organizations as Self-Adaptive Complex Systems
http://www.brint.com/Systems.htm
A portal that provides bibliographies of online articles on topics such as complexity, adaptive systems, self organization, and autopoiesis. 

Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html
An extensive list of Internet resources that discuss postmodernism, critical theory, contemporary philosophers, and social theorists.

Continental Philosophy
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/continental/
A massive list of Internet resources for social theories and philosophical thought that have informed communication theories.

Language in the Workplace: Research http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/research/lwp/research/index.aspx
Discusses from the sociolinguistic perspective a variety of research topics such as miscommunication, cultural identity, small talk, and workplace humor.

<meta>discourses: Theory
http://www.colorado.edu/communication/meta-discourses/theory.htm
Discusses the theories and theorists in different subject areas of Communication Studies.  Also provides links to general Internet resources for Communication Studies. 


Narratives in Organizations
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/pages/toolbar2.html
Addresses topics such as the narrative approach to studying an organization, the functions of organizational storytelling, and the influence of postmodernism on management and communication.

Organizational Communication Context
http://www.uky.edu/~drlane/capstone/orgcomm/
Examines and critiques different organizational communication theories.  Also provides examples and brief bibliographies.


Phenomenology Online
http://phenomenologyonline.com/home.html
"Provides public access to articles, monographs, and other materials discussing and exemplifying phenomenological research."

Tools for OT Scholars
http://ot.cavarretta.com/

Offers a bibliographic database of references of Organizational Theory, a collection of "mindmaps related to Organizational Theory scholarship," and a discussion of information technology tools for social scientists. 


Electronic Encyclopedia of Communication
http://www.cios.org/encyclopedia/enindex.htm
Lists information resources for different subject areas of Communication Studies. 

Glossary of Sociological Terms
http://www.soci.canterbury.ac.nz/resources/glossary/index.shtml
Provides definitions of sociological terms, with links to relevant Internet resources.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
A free (open-access) encyclopedia of philosophical thought, including those that have informed communication theories.

 a research essay.
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
APA Citation Style for Internet Resources
ways with examples to avoid plagiarism.
Jan. 8, 2006