The Literature on Classical Theory Construction

McDermott, Virginia

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1975.tb00472.x

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“…Managerial communication behaviors include identifying rhetorical options, making choices among them, and implementing the options chosen. In the terminology of theory-building, this proposition is the generative construct, the explanans (McDermott, 1975;Smith, 1982).…”

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A Macro Theory of Management Communication

Shelby

1988

Journal of Business Communication

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The focus of this article is a macro theoretical paradigm for management communication, which clarifies relationships among the factors that in fluence persuasion. Specifically, the paper includes a strategic model for making choices among persuasive options. According to the model, choices about communication messages and media are a function of the relative force (effectiveness, efficiency, and quality) o f the available options. A comparison of the strength of the given choices provides an assessment of relative force. The force o f a specific option, in turn, arises from the message sender's persuasive goals and receiver's probable response.ONE MARK OF A MATURE discipline is the development of an integrated body of theory that new knowledge confirms, revises, or challenges. Neither business communication nor management communication has such a comprehensive theoretical grounding. Drawing from rhetorical theory, linguistics, and social science research, the field has at best developed a patchwork approach, picking and choosing on the basis of what is convenient, intuitive, or practical rather than on the basis of any well-articulated rationale. The journal literature suggests an increasing interest in theory, however (Locker, 1982).Part of the problem of theory building in management communication arises because traditional approaches have tended to be micro-oriented; thus, they have provided only disconnected pieces of the puzzle. Though a number of theoretical positions have been articulated, the linkages between and among the premises are rarely identified. This paper seeks to address the problem by 1) setting out a macro-theoretical paradigm for management communication, and 2) clarifying the relationships among the constructs. Furthermore, the paper focuses on one element of the theory, the notion of strategic choice, and suggests an applied model for managers.

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A Macro Theory of Management Communication

Shelby

1988

Journal of Business Communication

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“…Es una reconstrucción no formal porque muestra la estructura de esta teoría en lenguaje ordinario (o no simbólico), esto es, no la representa en estructura lógico-matemática. Aunque lo ideal en toda reconstrucción sería desarrollarla de modo lógico-simbólico, esta clarificación es un avance para la metateoría política en dos sentidos: uno, 1 Véase la discusión sobre el tema para las teorías de las ciencias sociales en McDermott (1975) y en general, en Gemes (1993Gemes ( , 2006.…”

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Reconstrucción de una teoría politológica, el Sufragio Activo Meritocrático

Velasco

2018

Rev. colomb. filos. cienc.

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Se presenta una reconstrucción no formal de la teoría del Sufragio Activo Meritocrático, el cual consiste en la propuesta del voto plural en comunidades locales, con base en el mérito político, según la prosocialidad de la participación política local. El método se basa en la metateoría estructuralista, adaptada al análisis de teorías de ciencias humanas. Se reconstruyeron la red intrateórica e interteórica de la teoría, y se efectuó una crítica a ésta sobre la base de su ajuste al contexto social. Se concluye que la teoría analizada está bien fundamentada, aunque amerita de desarrollo adecuado para su operacionalización y aplicación.

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Attitudes, Behaviors, and Messages: An Introductory Overview

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Cushman²

1980

Message–Attitude–Behavior Relationship

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The Literature on Classical Theory Construction

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

A Macro Theory of Management Communication

A Macro Theory of Management Communication

Reconstrucción de una teoría politológica, el Sufragio Activo Meritocrático

Attitudes, Behaviors, and Messages: An Introductory Overview

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