Vernon D Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 146113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vernon D Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vernon D |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER V D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3672-0774 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Nordic Values in Organizational Communication Maturity
This study investigates the presence of Nordic communication values in seven Swedish organizations using a communication maturity survey instrument. From a sample of communication professionals, managers, and coworkers (N = 2,747), findings consistently supported a sixfactor solution akin to the purported values. Notably, members' understanding and interpretations of a communicative organization depended upon their role, with coworkers most stron…
Organizational Communication Theory and Research
The Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research offers concise, but thorough reviews of important research on traditional and emerging areas in organizational communication. Section One, Theory and Methods , provides an overview of the field’s history, prominent theories, and methodologies. Section Two, Processes , focuses on primal processes, such as leadership, organizational entry, conflict, power, and inclusion. Section Three…
Careers after Covid
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society includes the careers and career decision-making of emerging adults. This impact could influence how emerging adults approach careers and work-life balance. Vocational anticipatory socialisation examines how sources of career information influence the career decision-making process. With the COVID-19 lockdown access to career sources was limited. The current study examines ways in which the career val…
Socialization to Science
Vocational anticipatory socialization (VAS) is a multi-year, multi-step process that begins in childhood and informs young adults about possibilities for their future work-life experience. This manuscript describes two field experiments that examine media as a VAS socialization source through an investigation of the impact of a televised STEM program geared to elementary school children between the ages of 8 and 14. Additionally, the gender of th…
Newcomer Socialization research
Although multiple conceptualizations and measures of newcomer socialization have been offered, most approaches to measuring socialization efforts (a) confound distinctions between multilevel influences and (b) overlook critical communicative aspects (i.e., who-says-what-to-whom-and-how). Advocating for a shift in theory and measurement, this paper reviews three popular approaches in the socialization corpus (i.e., contextual, content, and memorab…
The Influence of Student Sex and Instructor Sex on Student Ratings of Instructors
It is important to determine if student ratings of instructors reflect systematic bias due to sex of instructor. We posed research questions as to whether male and female students would rate male or female instructors more highly on five dimensions of student rating forms, one of which was instructor interaction. Results indicated that male and female students rated female instructors more highly on all five dimensions. The effect sizes of these …
Context and Message Content During Organizational Socialization
This study examined the socialization experiences of 85 newly hired managers over a 4-month period. Results indicated partial support for a model proposing a mediating relationship among structured and unstructured socialization contexts, socialization message content, and newcomer adjustment. Performance proficiency message content mediated the impact of fixed and serial tactics on role ambiguity while sequential tactics and trial by fire experi…
A response to criticisms of organizational socialization research
This essay is a response to a growing body of literature that is critical of tradition conceptualizations of organizational socialization (Bullis, 1993; Clair, 1996; Smith & Turner, 1995). First, it examines how these critics have failed to adequately appreciate conceptual distinctions made by contemporary socialization and assimilation researchers. While recognizing that these scholars have made contributions, it then points to problems in their…
A reply to Bullis, Turner, and Clair
Testing Two Contrasting Structural Models of Innovativeness in a Contractual Network
This study examined contrasting models of the impact of formal and informal structural factors and the communication environment on organizational innovativeness. Specifically, three formal structural variables (decentralization, formalization, and slack resources), two informal structural variables (range and prominence), and two communication environment variables (communication quality and acceptance) are posited to be antecedents of organizat…
The Post Nuntio Dilemma
(1986). The Post Nuntio Dilemma: Approaches to Communicating with the Dying. Annals of the International Communication Association: Vol. 9, Communication Yearbook 9, pp. 723-738
Communication Paradoxes and the Maintenance of Living Relationships with the Dying
Analysis of communication patterns in the face of dying stresses the presence of contradictory and interrelated factors. Issues of contact (involved/uninvolved), feelings (hide/reveal), and the handling of information (exercise control/abdicate control) are discussed as dialectical tensions that need to be assessed from the perspective of multiactor involvement
A response to criticisms of organizational socialization research
This essay is a response to a growing body of literature that is critical of tradition conceptualizations of organizational socialization (Bullis, 1993; Clair, 1996; Smith & Turner, 1995). First, it examines how these critics have failed to adequately appreciate conceptual distinctions made by contemporary socialization and assimilation researchers. While recognizing that these scholars have made contributions, it then points to problems in their…
Testing Two Contrasting Structural Models of Innovativeness in a Contractual Network
This study examined contrasting models of the impact of formal and informal structural factors and the communication environment on organizational innovativeness. Specifically, three formal structural variables (decentralization, formalization, and slack resources), two informal structural variables (range and prominence), and two communication environment variables (communication quality and acceptance) are posited to be antecedents of organizat…
Newcomer Socialization research
Although multiple conceptualizations and measures of newcomer socialization have been offered, most approaches to measuring socialization efforts (a) confound distinctions between multilevel influences and (b) overlook critical communicative aspects (i.e., who-says-what-to-whom-and-how). Advocating for a shift in theory and measurement, this paper reviews three popular approaches in the socialization corpus (i.e., contextual, content, and memorab…
The Post Nuntio Dilemma
(1986). The Post Nuntio Dilemma: Approaches to Communicating with the Dying. Annals of the International Communication Association: Vol. 9, Communication Yearbook 9, pp. 723-738
Communication Paradoxes and the Maintenance of Living Relationships with the Dying
Analysis of communication patterns in the face of dying stresses the presence of contradictory and interrelated factors. Issues of contact (involved/uninvolved), feelings (hide/reveal), and the handling of information (exercise control/abdicate control) are discussed as dialectical tensions that need to be assessed from the perspective of multiactor involvement
Testing Two Contrasting Structural Models of Innovativeness in a Contractual Network
This study examined contrasting models of the impact of formal and informal structural factors and the communication environment on organizational innovativeness. Specifically, three formal structural variables (decentralization, formalization, and slack resources), two informal structural variables (range and prominence), and two communication environment variables (communication quality and acceptance) are posited to be antecedents of organizat…
A response to criticisms of organizational socialization research
This essay is a response to a growing body of literature that is critical of tradition conceptualizations of organizational socialization (Bullis, 1993; Clair, 1996; Smith & Turner, 1995). First, it examines how these critics have failed to adequately appreciate conceptual distinctions made by contemporary socialization and assimilation researchers. While recognizing that these scholars have made contributions, it then points to problems in their…
A reply to Bullis, Turner, and Clair
Context and Message Content During Organizational Socialization
This study examined the socialization experiences of 85 newly hired managers over a 4-month period. Results indicated partial support for a model proposing a mediating relationship among structured and unstructured socialization contexts, socialization message content, and newcomer adjustment. Performance proficiency message content mediated the impact of fixed and serial tactics on role ambiguity while sequential tactics and trial by fire experi…
The Influence of Student Sex and Instructor Sex on Student Ratings of Instructors
It is important to determine if student ratings of instructors reflect systematic bias due to sex of instructor. We posed research questions as to whether male and female students would rate male or female instructors more highly on five dimensions of student rating forms, one of which was instructor interaction. Results indicated that male and female students rated female instructors more highly on all five dimensions. The effect sizes of these …
Newcomer Socialization research
Although multiple conceptualizations and measures of newcomer socialization have been offered, most approaches to measuring socialization efforts (a) confound distinctions between multilevel influences and (b) overlook critical communicative aspects (i.e., who-says-what-to-whom-and-how). Advocating for a shift in theory and measurement, this paper reviews three popular approaches in the socialization corpus (i.e., contextual, content, and memorab…
Socialization to Science
Vocational anticipatory socialization (VAS) is a multi-year, multi-step process that begins in childhood and informs young adults about possibilities for their future work-life experience. This manuscript describes two field experiments that examine media as a VAS socialization source through an investigation of the impact of a televised STEM program geared to elementary school children between the ages of 8 and 14. Additionally, the gender of th…
Organizational Communication Theory and Research
The Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research offers concise, but thorough reviews of important research on traditional and emerging areas in organizational communication. Section One, Theory and Methods , provides an overview of the field’s history, prominent theories, and methodologies. Section Two, Processes , focuses on primal processes, such as leadership, organizational entry, conflict, power, and inclusion. Section Three…
Careers after Covid
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society includes the careers and career decision-making of emerging adults. This impact could influence how emerging adults approach careers and work-life balance. Vocational anticipatory socialisation examines how sources of career information influence the career decision-making process. With the COVID-19 lockdown access to career sources was limited. The current study examines ways in which the career val…
Nordic Values in Organizational Communication Maturity
This study investigates the presence of Nordic communication values in seven Swedish organizations using a communication maturity survey instrument. From a sample of communication professionals, managers, and coworkers (N = 2,747), findings consistently supported a sixfactor solution akin to the purported values. Notably, members' understanding and interpretations of a communicative organization depended upon their role, with coworkers most stron…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Socialization (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)