Organizations, Communication, and Health

Tyler R. Harrison (PhD, University of Arizona) is a professor of Communication Studies and a member of the Center for Communication, Culture, and Change at the University of Miami. His research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of communication systems for organizational, health, and conflict processes.Elizabeth A. Williams (PhD, Purdue University) is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University and an affiliate faculty member in the Colorado School of Public Health. Her current work examines the intersections among identification, leadership, training initiatives, and policy implementation in a variety of organizational contexts.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAbout the Contributors1. Introduction to Organizations, Communication, and Health: Exploring Intersections for Theory, Practice, and ChangeTyler R. Harrison and Elizabeth A. WilliamsSection 1: Organizing and Communication Issues and Processes in Health Care Organizations and Professions2. The Role of Professional Logic in Communication in Health Care OrganizationsJohn C. Lammers and Jeffrey D. Proulx3. Organizational Entry, Socialization, and Assimilation in Health Care OrganizationsKaren K. Myers and Bernadette M. Gailliard4. A Systems Framework for Health Care Team CommunicationKevin Real and Marshall Scott Poole5. Decision Making in Medical Teams Torsten Reimer, Tillman Russell, and Christopher Roland6. Improving Patient Accrual to Research Studies and Clinical Trials through Communication Design InterventionsSusan E. Morgan and Ashton Mouton7. Work Space, Gendered Occupations, and the Organization of Health: Redesigning Emergency Department CommunicationJoshua B. Barbour, Rebecca Gill, and Marleah Dean8. Moral Dissent in Health Care OrganizationsRyan S. Bisel and Alaina C. Zanin9. Conflict Management in Health Care Organizations: Navigating the Intersection of Patients, Families, and Health Care Workers Paula HopeckSection 2: Work and Organizations’ Effect on Individuals’ Health10. Conflict, Social Support and Burnout/Turnover among Health Care Workers: A Review of Developments in Organizational Conflict Theory and PracticeKevin B. Wright and Anne M. Nicotera11. Workplace Wellness Campaigns: The Four Dimensions of a Whole Person ApproachJennifer A. Scarduzio and Patricia Geist Martin12. Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee HealthSteven K. May13. Do I Feel Like I’m a Part of this Organization? Organizational Identification and Using Technology to Communicate About HealthKeri K. Stephens and Yaguang Zhu14. The Social Diffusion of Health Messages in OrganizationsTyler R. Harrison15. Serious Games, Health, and OrganizingNick Carcioppolo, Jessica Wendorf, and Lien Tran16. Constructing Organizational Knowledge: Theorizing Processes and Practices Conducive to HealthHeather E. Canary17. Institutional Theory and the Communication of Health Care OrganizationsJohn C. Lammers and Natalie J. LambertSection 3: Collaboration, Design, and Interorganizational Efforts to Improve Health18. Organizing Transdisciplinary Research: A Breast Cancer and the Environment Collaborative ModelKami Silk and Sandi Smith19. Getting by With a Little Help from my Friends: Nonprofits’ Use of Third Parties to Promote Public HealthThomas Hugh Feeley and Aisha K. O’Mally20. Leading Interorganizational Health Collaborations: The Importance Of Multi-Dyadic Relationships Elizabeth A. Williams 21. Using Social Capital to Build Global Health Initiatives: Connecting Organizations and Citizen-Stakeholders through Social Media Lisa V. Chewning22. Networked Forms of Organizing, Disaster-Related Disruptions, and Public HealthMarya L. Doerfel23. Community Acceptance Theory in the Shadow of Ebola: Building Health and Empowerment NetworksMaureen Taylor and Michael L. Kent24. Design Thinking about Communication in Health System Innovation: Orchestrating Interaction and Participation for WellnessMark Aakhus and Tyler R. HarrisonIndex