This Article Order Full text via Infotrieve References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Wilson, D. O. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Diagonal Communication Links Within Organizations

Rochester Institute of Technology

Research on organizational communication has concentrated on the vertical and horizontal dimensions. Studies that deal with diagonal interaction are few and almost no theory explains the need for such interactions. This study shows that, for high per forming groups, diagonal interactions may be necessary when environmental tur bulence makes work-related problems difficult to solve and the organizational climate is supportive of innovation.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				B. MIREL, S. FEINBERG, and L. ALLMENDINGER Collaboration between Writers and Graphic Designers in Documentation Projects Journal of Business and Technical Communication, July 1, 1995; 9(3): 259 - 288. [Abstract]

				O. Hargiel and D. Tourish Communication Skills Training: Management Manipulation or Personal Development? Human Relations, November 1, 1994; 47(11): 1377 - 1389. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. C. Sherblom, C. F. Sullivan, and E. C. Sherblom The What, the Whom, and the Hows of Survey Research Business Communication Quarterly, December 1, 1993; 56(4): 58 - 64. [PDF]