{"title":"Supervisor Computer-Mediated Immediate Behaviors: Fostering Subordinate Communication","authors":"Stephanie Kelly, Ayanna Dawkins, Kenneth T. Rocker, Shonai Someshwar, Travis Penny","doi":"10.1177/23294884221085724","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Through the guidance of construal level theory, this paper tested a model in which supervisor computer-mediated immediate behaviors indirectly increased subordinates’ relational maintenance communication at work and decreased their self-censoring behaviors in the presence of their supervisor. The influence of supervisor computer-mediated immediate behaviors was mediated through the affective construal variable of job satisfaction and the psychological construal variable of perceived immediacy. Results indicate that even in the virtual workplace, strategic use of supervisor communicative behaviors can promote healthy workplace communication practices for subordinates.","PeriodicalId":45593,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Business Communication","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23294884221085724","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Through the guidance of construal level theory, this paper tested a model in which supervisor computer-mediated immediate behaviors indirectly increased subordinates’ relational maintenance communication at work and decreased their self-censoring behaviors in the presence of their supervisor. The influence of supervisor computer-mediated immediate behaviors was mediated through the affective construal variable of job satisfaction and the psychological construal variable of perceived immediacy. Results indicate that even in the virtual workplace, strategic use of supervisor communicative behaviors can promote healthy workplace communication practices for subordinates.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Business Communication (IJBC) publishes manuscripts that contribute to knowledge and theory of business communication as a distinct, multifaceted field approached through the administrative disciplines, the liberal arts, and the social sciences. Accordingly, IJBC seeks manuscripts that address all areas of business communication including but not limited to business composition/technical writing, information systems, international business communication, management communication, and organizational and corporate communication. In addition, IJBC welcomes submissions concerning the role of written, verbal, nonverbal and electronic communication in the creation, maintenance, and performance of profit and not for profit business.