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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Uncertainty management theory"”.
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The Mixed Effects of Procedural Justice in Novel Organizational Policy Decisions
… events. In this persistent, broader context of uncertainty, organizations have had to make numerous challenging decisions that pose additional, unwanted risk to employee attitudes. This dissertation includes two research papers that examine the impact of two unique organizational decisions on …
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Uncertainty management in reference interactions with pro se law library users
This study applies uncertainty management theory to reference interactions between law librarians and pro se library users. Focus groups were conducted with law librarians to obtain data. The results showed that law librarians assisting pro se library users experienced uncertainty in multiple and …
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The Communicative Experiences of Potential New Members (PNMS) in Greek Life Recruitment
… delves into the communicative experiences and uncertainty management strategies of women participating in primary sorority recruitment. Drawing upon Uncertainty Management Theory and Social Penetration Theory, data were collected through six focus groups comprised of participants who engaged in …
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Why Can't We Be Friends? Examining the Influence of Social Network Profiles on Initial Interactions
… the primary purpose of this study was to extend Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT) into the Information age by examining the effect that the type of information available on social network sites may have on initial interactions. Thirty strangers were matched with one another to create fifteen …
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Assertiveness during condom negotiation among high risk late adolescent/emerging adult couples: The role of relational uncertainty
… with inconsistent condom use. Guided by Uncertainty Management Theory, the current study hypothesized that high-risk youth with high relational uncertainty would demonstrate low levels of assertiveness during a laboratory-based condom negotiation task with their current romantic partner. …
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Uncertainty in Internet-Based Cancer News
Uncertainty has been defined and studied in many ways; however, no universal message-level coding scheme for dimensions of uncertainty has been developed. A content analysis of 1,120 Internet-based cancer news articles was completed, in which a presence/absence scale for five theoretically derived …
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A multi-level examination of authentic leadership and organizational justice in uncertain times
… a multi-level model of leadership, justice, and uncertainty. Building upon uncertainty management theory and the nascent research in authentic leadership, I propose a multi-level moderated mediation model wherein authentic leaders influence individual fairness perceptions and create a fair …
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Adapting to the new normal: The process of relational change after stroke within romantic dyads
… study, I gathered sensitizing concepts from the uncertainty in illness theory (Mishel, 1988), the uncertainty management theory (Brashers, 2001), and relational turbulence theory (Solomon, Knobloch, Theiss, & McLaren, 2016) to investigate how couples navigated the illness trajectory after a …