Management and communicator style: A correlational analysis

1 September 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Central States Speech Journal

Vol. 28 (3) , 194-203
https://doi.org/10.1080/10510977709367940

Abstract

This investigation associated several approaches to management with varying dimensions of communication style. Subjects used in the study were employees of a midwestern hospital (N = 151). Results indicated that democratic management was characterized by relaxation, animation, attentiveness, and friendliness in communication style, laissez‐faire leadership was similar, except for a lack of animation, and autocratic managers were characterized primarily by dominant communication behavior.

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