Communication Theory – Resources
Foundry resources delineated by reflection title of research authorities.
HEXACO – Observer Reports
The HEXACO Personality Inventory includes an Observer Report Form alongside the traditional Self-Report Form, allowing for a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s personality from an external perspective.
HEXACO Factor Representations
The HEXACO model of personality structure is a comprehensive framework for assessing human personality. It is based on six major dimensions of personality, each representing a broad range of behaviors and tendencies. The acronym HEXACO stands for the six domains it measures: Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, eXtraversion, Agreeableness (versus Anger), Conscientiousness, and…
HEXACO Personality Inventory and the Six Major dimensions of personality
The HEXACO is a personality structure model that creates a comprehensive framework for assessing one’s personality. The model is represented by six major dimensions, each representing a broad range of behaviors and tendencies that manifest across time and situations.
Social Exchange Theory, Dialectical Theory, and Communication Privacy Theory
Introduction Scholars of communication disciplines endeavor to explain messages between two interdependent people and defines interpersonal communication. This process focuses on how messages are offered to “initiate, define, maintain, or further a relationship” (Dainton & Zelley, 2019, p. 77). Four overarching theoretical constructs seem to reign supreme within the interpersonal…
A Rhetorical Analysis of President George W. Bush’s 9/11 Address to the Nation
A rhetorical analysis of President George W. Bush’s September 11, 2001 address following the World Trade Center Attack.
Psychologically based theoretical perspectives on conflict interactions
In our facilitated examination of applied psychodynamics within the conflict interaction landscape, we are examined based on analysis and applied theory of three unique psychologically based theoretical constructs: psychodynamic theory, emotion-based or verbal aggressiveness theory, social cognition, or attribution theory. Our lecturer’s companion text outlines a series of events captured…
Applied Conflict Dynamics: Escalation and Avoidance
We should consider Floger, Poole, and Stutman’s view on the numerous signs that parties are stuck in destructive cycles of escalation or avoidance behavior associated with the conflict the parties find themselves trying to work through. This guided interaction presents a facilitated interview that measures the application of theoretical constructs…
Mediating Conflict: An Integrative Approach
Mediating application and knowledge, conflict management practitioners need to be well educated in conflict interaction styles, approaches, theories, themes, and leanings, then formulate an opinion as to why, with the various strategies for managing conflict, as discussed in our companion study, are ineffective. While the suggestivity of the proficiency requirement…
Examining Workplace Conflict Interactions: A Case Study
In their introduction to Working Through Conflict: Strategies for Relationships, Groups, and Organizations, Folger, Poole, and Stutman present a case study (“The Women’s Hotline,” pp. 2-4) of a conflict that was successfully managed. As described, the resolution of the conflict seems deceptively simple. Through the study, we are encouraged to…