Emerald Handbook of Group and Team Communication Research

Winner of the Ernest Bormann Research Award from the National Communication Association

The Emerald Handbook of Group and Team Communication Research considers the current research of group communication scholars, provides an overview of major foci in the discipline, and points toward possible trajectories for future scholarship. It establishes group communication’s central role within research on human behaviour and fosters an identity for group communication researchers. 

This book establishes communication scholarship as essential to group research by exploring the various dimensions of communicating in groups and teams. Communication is fundamental to group research, and the deeper, more nuanced treatment of the subject in this handbook consolidates and expands theory and research in the area.

Stephenson J. Beck is Professor and Chair of Communication at North Dakota State University. His research investigates communication strategy, conflict management, and meeting facilitation processes in groups and teams.

Joann Keyton is Distinguished Professor of Communication at North Carolina State University. Her research examines collaborative processes and relational aspects of interdisciplinary teams, participants’ language in team meetings, and the multiplicity of cultures in organizations.

Marshall Scott Poole is David L. Swanson Professor of Communication, Director of the Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and Senior Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Application at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.