A5067438608- Team Dynamics and Performance
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Personal Information Management and User Behavior
- Construction Project Management and Performance
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Management and Marketing Education
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Mind wandering and attention
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Conflict Management and Negotiation
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Customer Service Quality and Loyalty
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Villanova University
2020-2025
Mayo Clinic in Florida
2024
The University of Texas at Austin
2017
This study reconceptualizes communication overload and builds a theoretical foundation to understand how this phenomenon applies in contemporary life. We build theory by relying on past research using Q-method capture the subjective perspectives of people who experience overload. In our refinement abstract concept, we identified seven dimensions composing The included: compromising message quality, having many distractions, information technologies, pressuring for decisions, feeling...
Based on the tenets of Flow Theory, study proposes that in-class activities have potential to induce experience flow—a state deep absorption and enjoyment tasks at hand—among students are likely increase students' engagement. Specifically, examined effects three activity factors (i.e., optimal challenges, immediate feedback, clear goals) flow experiences impact classroom engagement behaviors silent behaviors, oral thinking about course content). The results path analysis conducted data...
Unhurried conversations are necessary for careful and kind care that is responsive responsible to both patients clinicians. Adequate conceptual development an important first step in being able assess measure this domain of quality care. In article, we expand on a preliminary model identify the key microlevel communication practices support unhurried conversation, defined as ongoing, mutual accomplishment between patient clinician proceeds through range verbal nonverbal wherein one or more...
Purpose During everyday work, individuals often engage in unplanned conversations that help them develop relationships, share information and coordinate tasks. Unfortunately, the work-from-home mandates issued due to pandemic have reduced frequency of among employees. So, as businesses reopen, organizations are considering post-pandemic workplace solutions can facilitate conversations. To aid these efforts move research theory on forward, this study proposes tests a multi-factor model...
Many healthcare clinics encourage the use of online patient portals so that patients can have easier access to their health information, yet some are hesitant interact with these portals. We used social cognitive theory develop and test a theoretically grounded model incorporates several (1) technological factors, (2) individual (3) factors influence individuals’ post-adoption, active Based on cross-sectional survey data from sample clinic (N = 431), we found severity illness predicted trust...
Purpose This paper discusses the communicative process of messy talk that enables collaborative problem-solving and tacit knowledge sharing among interdisciplinary team members. The aims to (1) trace relevant literature lay out conceptual operational definitions talk, (2) highlight as an enacted communication competence (3) discuss antecedents offer empirical propositions guide future research. Design/methodology/approach traces integrates from construction, management organizational group...
Purpose Despite their centrality to organizing – acknowledged by several theorists unplanned conversations are often marginalized in organizational theory. To remedy this oversight, we recenter attention on understudied aspect of organizing. We draw the affordances perspective elaborate spatial and temporal factors influencing conversations. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper integrates multidisciplinary literature identify a range spatiotemporal Our approach emphasizes how...
AbstractCourses Theories of Organizational Communication; Communication Theory.Objectives The proposed activity utilizes a digitally interactive global positioning system–based augmented reality game to help students (a) gain richer learning experience through immersion and engagement with their surroundings, (b) learn how interpret culture from observable artifacts (e.g. buildings, statues, stories), (c) reflect on organizational culture's multilayered, multifaceted, emergent nature.
Media choice and selection theories are numerous highly fragmented. While much of this theorizing has helped IS researchers better understand what influences people’s media choices selections, the proliferation also leads to redundancies, decreased clarity impact. Here, we develop apply an approach "better know know" about a set related theories. We present unifying framework that (1) builds on prior work, (2) streamlines disparate lines research, (3) links goals. In addition advancing...
Courses Public Speaking, Survey of Communication Studies, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication.Objectives This activity focuses on helping students (1) become aware their implicit biases, (2) understand the relationship between biases and quality arguments (i.e. unfounded ad hominem arguments), (3) learn how to engage in meaningful classroom discussions.