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""Dr. Keyton′s new book, Communication and Organizational Culture: A Key to Understanding Work Experience, is one of the best publications in this field. It successfully depicts organizational culture from a communication perspective and it is a good example of combining academic and practical approaches. The book is written in a clear and concise manner, illustrating concepts and theories with real cases from different types of organizations including universities, multicultural companies and so on. It is a very good textbook for students who want to study organizational culture, because it includes nearly all the important concepts, theories, and findings in the development of organizational culture studies. Furthermore, the book is written in lucid language with many examples, which makes all the abstract concepts and theories very understandable. Additionally, the author created some forms to summarize and compare related knowledge, which can help students learn from a broader perspective. It is an essential guidebook for scholars who will conduct research in organizational culture. It provides a comprehensive literature review in organizational communication and some valuable suggestions for conducting research in this field. This book is also a good index of related important publications in organizational culture research."" -- Yuping Mao * Learning and Practicing Organizational Culture with a Handbook * ""At last, a book for the scholar, practitioner, and layperson alike that explains the ubiquitous experience of culture in organizational life has arrived.  Keyton′s writing is clear and concise and accessible to those who may not come to it with a broad knowledge of the communication field, but have an interest in the power of culture and communication in organizational life."" —COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS -- Laura Dorsey-Elson

Dr. Keyton's new book, Communication and Organizational Culture: A Key to Understanding Work Experience, is one of the best publications in this field. It successfully depicts organizational culture from a communication perspective and it is a good example of combining academic and practical approaches. The book is written in a clear and concise manner, illustrating concepts and theories with real cases from different types of organizations including universities, multicultural companies and so on. It is a very good textbook for students who want to study organizational culture, because it includes nearly all the important concepts, theories, and findings in the development of organizational culture studies. Furthermore, the book is written in lucid language with many examples, which makes all the abstract concepts and theories very understandable. Additionally, the author created some forms to summarize and compare related knowledge, which can help students learn from a broader perspective. It is an essential guidebook for scholars who will conduct research in organizational culture. It provides a comprehensive literature review in organizational communication and some valuable suggestions for conducting research in this field. This book is also a good index of related important publications in organizational culture research. -- Yuping Mao Learning and Practicing Organizational Culture with a Handbook 20061228 At last, a book for the scholar, practitioner, and layperson alike that explains the ubiquitous experience of culture in organizational life has arrived. Keyton's writing is clear and concise and accessible to those who may not come to it with a broad knowledge of the communication field, but have an interest in the power of culture and communication in organizational life. -COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS -- Laura Dorsey-Elson 20080326

At last, a book for the scholar, practitioner, and layperson alike that explains the ubiquitous experience of culture in organizational life has arrived. Keyton's writing is clear and concise and accessible to those who may not come to it with a broad knowledge of the communication field, but have an interest in the power of culture and communication in organizational life. -COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS -- Laura Dorsey-Elson Dr. Keyton's new book, Communication and Organizational Culture: A Key to Understanding Work Experience, is one of the best publications in this field. It successfully depicts organizational culture from a communication perspective and it is a good example of combining academic and practical approaches. The book is written in a clear and concise manner, illustrating concepts and theories with real cases from different types of organizations including universities, multicultural companies and so on. It is a very good textbook for students who want to study organizational culture, because it includes nearly all the important concepts, theories, and findings in the development of organizational culture studies. Furthermore, the book is written in lucid language with many examples, which makes all the abstract concepts and theories very understandable. Additionally, the author created some forms to summarize and compare related knowledge, which can help students learn from a broader perspective. It is an essential guidebook for scholars who will conduct research in organizational culture. It provides a comprehensive literature review in organizational communication and some valuable suggestions for conducting research in this field. This book is also a good index of related important publications in organizational culture research. -- Yuping Mao * Learning and Practicing Organizational Culture with a Handbook *

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Joann Keyton (Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1987) is Professor of Communication at North Carolina State University. Specializing in group and organizational communication, her current research interests are relationship issues and interdisciplinary collaboration in organizational teams, the communication processes that constitute work, organizational culture, and sexual harassment. Her research has been published in Business Communication Quarterly, Communication Theory, Group Dynamics, Human Factors, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies Management Communication Quarterly, Small Group Research, Southern Journal of Communication, Western Journal of Communication, and Communication Yearbook and numerous edited collections. She has published texts on group communication (Oxford) and research methods (McGraw-Hill), as well as an organizational communication case book (with Pam Shockley-Zalabak; Oxford). Professor Keyton has served on the editorial boards of Communication Monographs, Communication Studies, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Small Group Research, and Southern Communication Journal. She served as editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research, volumes 31–33; and was the founding editor of Communication Currents, volumes 1-5. She currently serves as editor of Small Group Research.

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