Students' Early Impressions of Instructors: Understanding the Role of Relational Skills and Messages

Autor:	Marian L. Houser, Ann Bainbridge Frymier, Alan K. Goodboy, Sean M. Horan
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Communication media_common.quotation_subject Multilevel model Predicted outcome value theory Referent Tone (literature) Nonverbal communication Perception Immediacy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Psychology Set (psychology) Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Communication Research Reports. 28:74-85
ISSN:	1746-4099 0882-4096
Popis:	Research suggests that initial impressions are important and set the tone for future interactions; however, little is known about which teacher communication behaviors create positive initial judgments by students. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among a set of teacher relational communication behaviors and students' early judgments about the future outcomes of the course. Specifically, students reported perceptions of their instructors' use of power, confirmation, nonverbal immediacy, and communication skills in the beginning of a semester and their predictions about future interactions with that instructor. Results indicated that teachers' use of coercive and legitimate power were negatively related to students' predicted outcome value (POV) judgments, whereas the use of reward, referent, and expert power, along with confirmation and communication skills, were positively correlated with students' POV judgments. Hierarchical regression further revealed unique relational message...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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