Attitudes toward communication and the assessment of rhetorical sensitivity

Exploring the Impact of Gender Role Self-Perception on Communication Style

“…During the Roman times, style was one of the " five canons of rhetoric" (Norton, 1983, p.7) and Aristotle's observa tions and recommendatio ns of speaking style are still found in contemporary college textbooks. Currently, the way people perceive themselves interacting and commu nicating with others is called communication style (Norto n, 1978(Norto n, , 1983; also see Applegate & Delia, 1980;Hart, Carlson, & Eadie, 1980;O'Keefe, 1988).…”

Communication competence: Model and application

“…This element is closely aligned with rhetorical sensitivity (Hart, Carlson, & Eadie, 1980) and interaction involvement (Cegala, 1981). Sensitivity seems to be correlated with a number of variables: (a) Cognitive complexity seems to be a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for interpersonal sensitivity.…”

“…Ethical responsibility is what Hart, Carlson, and Eadie (1980) call "interaction consciousness," or a balance between self interest and the interests of others. Although ethics is not normally considered to be an aspect of competence, we believe that including it helps to focus proper attention on how people behave in accordance with their values.…”

Impact du style personnel de communication au travail sur la compétence communicationnelle des étudiants-gestionnaires de MBA de l ensemble du réseau de l Université du Québec

“…En effet, pour que l'interaction soit mobile, il importe que les individus fassent preuve de souplesse interpersonnelle (Cormier, 2000). De plus, la souplesse est citée régulièrement comme étant un indicateur de compétence interpersonnelle (Daly et Diesel, 1992 ;Hart et al, 1980 ;Sptizberg et Cupach, 1984 ;Wiemann, 1977). Ainsi, la souplesse qui est notée au niveau des styles de communicateurs de l'échantillon explique sûrement en partie le score élevé des participants aux deux outils de mesure puisque comme l'ont mentionné ces chercheurs, la souplesse est un indicateur de compétence interpersonnelle.…”