Howard Giles' Communication Accommodation Theory
a. advocates mindfulness.
b. contrasts Western and Asian ways of thinking.
c. explains why collectivist and individualistic cultures have difficulty reaching agreement.
d. claims that when another group is attractive and powerful, we adapt our communication style to their speech behaviors and norms.
e. contends that ethnocentrism and stereotyping leads to racism.
d
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Arise Industries employs a large number of their employees from various countries. Although these employees work from remote locations, they are connected to the company headquarters through telephone lines or satellite transmission
Arise Industries is an example of which type of organization? a) Virtua b) Tall c) Flat d) Wide
The communication climate in a relationship is determined by the
a. roles each person has in the relationship. b. similarities of the parties. c. degree to which each person feels valued. d. amount of self-disclosure that occurs. e. listening and perceptual skills that each individual brings to the relationship.
Gary is conducting an organizational communication study by using two different methodologies. He is giving the employees a questionnaire and he is also reviewing the minutes of the company's Board meetings over the past three years. Gary's research approach is a good example of:
a. distributive methodology b. quantitative research c. triangulation d. qualitative research e. hybrid methodology
Telling what happened before, during, and after an event is an example of the chronological pattern.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)