“…Listening and speaking are vital to successful discourse; yet developing speaking skills is emphasized more than developing listening skills. Currently, the most focus on listening instruction is found in communication courses (see Janusik, 2002Janusik, , 2010, for a summary of the variety of strategies used over time). Some researchers have reported on strategies for teaching listening in management courses either as a separate topic (Pearce et al, 1995) or as an element connected to other concepts, such as facilitating productive dialogue (Ivancevich, Gilbert, & Konopaske, 2009;McCambridge, 2003), networking (Friar & Eddleston, 2007), coaching (Hunt & Weintraub, 2004), and forming and evaluating perceptions of others (Chavez, Ferris, & Gibson, 2011).…”