Meg reports to Amy in their positions at work. Four times a year, they have a meeting where Amy gives Meg her task and goals for the next quarter. After that meeting, Amy gives Meg a great deal of autonomy in determining how those goals are accomplished. The route and methods by which Meg accomplishes her tasks are left up to her. According to Blanchard and Hersey’s Situational Leadership model, which type of leader is Amy?

Rob just received an email from one of his employees. The email is typed in all in uppercase letters, frustrating Rob as he reads the email.  Rob’s employee has violated what?

According to Redding’s breakdown of unethical organizational communication, an organization that uses hidden cameras, taps phones and disregards legitimate privacy rights would be considered ______.

According to Social Information Processing Theory, which is an example of a hyperpersonal interaction?

Susan always looks at her coworker Polly as a kind of problem. Polly came from a very religious upbringing and didn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the people who work at GenCorp. For example, when Susan and her coworkers go out to eat, Polly doesn’t join them because her male colleagues will be there. Polly also doesn’t have any sense of pop culture at all. At a meeting recently, someone mentioned Lady Gaga, and Polly asked if she was a member of British royalty. Although everyone had a good laugh and Polly played along, Susan could tell that Polly was completely unaware of why her question was funny. According to Janie Harden Fritz, Polly is an example of what kind of “problematic coworker” for Susan?

According to Rawlins, friendly relationships move towards friendships because they start to exhibit which of the communication behaviors?

_____  is the set of professional and social rules and norms that are considered acceptable and polite when interacting with another person(s) through mediating technologies.

For interpersonal conflict to take place, people do not have to be in relationship with one another. 

In which type of sibling relationship are individuals more likely to internalize problems as well as experience lower academic success, social competence, and feelings of self-worth?

In an attempt to make herself look good in the organization, Agatha tends to hoard information. If something important comes across her desk, she tends to keep it instead of giving it to the people who could use the information. What type of unethical organizational communication is Agatha engaging in, according to W. Charles Redding?