The following paper examined affinity group creation and purpose through an identity management lens by addressing the utility of an affinity group for those currently involved in homogeneous racial and nonracial groups as well as larger organizational diversity sessions. A thematic analysis revealed affinity group perceptions including several subthemes (logistics, helpful, harmful, more heterogeneity, and exclusion of identity). Organizational diversity sessions at large revealed similar subthemes (legitimizing identity, lack of safe spaces, intersectionality, and surface level discussions). Understanding how employees view organizational diversity efforts better equip organizations to enact specific diversity strategies that move beyond the mere rhetoric of diversity.

This study investigates cooperativeness, assertiveness, group satisfaction, leader grade, and leadership negotiation in a collaborative assignment conducted in a small group. Researchers manipulated the assignment of team members who reported on measures of group satisfaction and original scales of assertiveness and cooperativeness. Respondents also responded to open-ended questions regarding active leadership, leadership traits, and leadership negotiation, which resulted in the emergence of multiple themes. Assertiveness, cooperativeness, and group satisfaction were found to predict the grade given to the leader.Group work in business and professional communication courses involves a great deal of collaboration on the assignment; success is dependent on the skills of each individual partner and how those skills are exchanged (Kent-Walsh & McNaughton, 2005). Group success frequently relies on the leader's behaviors and traits in lieu of

This article focuses on the framing of pervasive violence in South Side Chicago neighborhoods, subsequently offering a different lens to highlight the contributions and progressive efforts stemming from individuals residing in these areas. There remains a necessary shift from the passive images of those killed by violent acts to the active efforts of nonprofits working to decrease violence as well as educational programs focusing on interpersonal skills, mediation, and emotional intelligence.

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