Corporatist theory of job productivity is reviewed and ideas about organizational communication are explored from the perspective of recent conceptions of argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness. A hypothesis is derived that the more subordinates perceive their superiors are high in argumentativeness and low in verbal aggressiveness, the more the subordinates also will be argumenfative and have j o b satisfaction. A study is reported that surveyed 216 subordinates in a variety of organizations in a major metropolitan and industrial section of the midwesf. Canonical correlation analysis revealed three significant roots that suggested considerable support f o r the research hypothesis. Implications of the results are discussed, particularly in terms of corporatist theory.
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