Information adequacy and communication relationships: An empirical examination of 18 organizations

Wieck's model of organizing suggests that satisfaction with organizational life is a function of equivocality reduction rather than participation. This investigation tested the hypothesis that perceived information adequacy is an indicator of equivocality. A relationship was found between perceived information adequacy and several indices of relational satisfaction, but not with various indicators of participation. Results suggest that the equivocality model provides a better explanation of satisfaction than the participation model.

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Mr. Spiker and Mr. Daniels are Assistant Professors of Speech Communication, University of New Mexico. The authors wish to thank Sue DeWine, Ted Foster, John Garske, Robert Goyer, and Richard Whitman for their assistance with this study.