Product Description: The authors explore the many ways that gender and communication intersect and affect each other. Every chapter encourages a consideration of how gender attitudes and practices, past and current, influence personal notions of what it means not only to be female and male, but feminine and masculine...read more

Product Description: Many professionals such as Project managers or Product managers are tasked with enormous responsibility while they have no authority over others. Leading in such situations is tough. This book will reveal the skills and know-how that a leader needs to excel.

Product Description: This text introduces, explores, and celebrates the central role interpersonal communication plays in personal and professional relationships. A rich, interactive pedagogy engages students in relevant issues and themes, from the impact of mediated communication--particularly online--to the influence of gender and culture on interpersonal interactions...read more

Product Description: Public speaking acts as a bridge to change: change in knowledge, change in attitudes or beliefs, change in values and behaviors. Creating change is a complex task, and communicating to get change is also daunting. It is affected by experiences, needs, culture, expectations, ethics, and the ability to think critically...read more

Product Description: The authors' premises are that textbooks on interpersonal communication should cover the influence of technology, the media, gender, and culture on person-to-person communication, and should widen traditional content to include contacts that occur in the family, on the job, and in the health care arena...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)