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GTAs as organizational newcomers: The association between supportive communication relationships and information seeking

Scott A. Myers Assistant Professor of Speech Communication in the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, 70609–0420
Pages 54-73 | Published online: 06 Jun 2009

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Mir Md Fazla Rabby, Carrie Anne Platt & Cheng Zeng. (2023) Assimilation, Organizational Support, and Impostor Syndrome as Predictors of GTAs’ Communicatively Restricted Organizational Stress (CROS). Communication Reports 36:1, pages 15-29.
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Sherwyn P. Morreale, Janice G. Thorpe & Scott A. Myers. (2022) Graduate students’ socialization and identification and an “elephant in the classroom”. Communication Education 71:1, pages 61-63.
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Nicola Justice. (2020) Preparing Graduate Students to Teach Statistics: A Review of Research and Ten Practical Recommendations. Journal of Statistics Education 28:3, pages 334-343.
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Damion Waymer, Kenon A. Brown, Kimberly Baker & Lillie Fears. (2018) Socialization and pre-career development of public relations professionals via the undergraduate curriculum. Communication Teacher 32:2, pages 117-130.
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Michelle Fetherston. (2017) Information seeking and organizational socialization: a review and opportunities for anticipatory socialization research. Annals of the International Communication Association 41:3-4, pages 258-277.
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Qinghua (Candy) Yang, Victoria Orrego Dunleavy & Jasmine Rene Phillips. (2016) Are You Satisfied? Exploring the Mediating Effects of Mentoring Communication Strategies in Predicting Chinese International Graduate Students’ Program Satisfaction. Communication Education 65:2, pages 182-203.
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DanielH. Mansson & ScottA. Myers. (2012) Using Mentoring Enactment Theory to Explore the Doctoral Student–Advisor Mentoring Relationship. Communication Education 61:4, pages 309-334.
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Patricia A. Helland. (2010) Espousal of Undergraduate Teaching Normative Patterns of First-Year Teaching Assistants. The Journal of Higher Education 81:3, pages 394-415.
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StacyL. Young & AmyM. Bippus. (2008) Assessment of Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Training: A Case Study of a Training Program and Its Impact on GTAs. Communication Teacher 22:4, pages 116-129.
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ScottA. Myers, Chad Edwards, ShawnT. Wahl & MatthewM. Martin. (2007) The Relationship Between Perceived Instructor Aggressive Communication and College Student Involvement. Communication Education 56:4, pages 495-508.
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Chris Park . (2004) The graduate teaching assistant (GTA): lessons from North American experience. Teaching in Higher Education 9:3, pages 349-361.
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Rick Rodrick & RondaL. Knox. (2002) Information seeking among organizational members. Communication Research Reports 19:4, pages 372-379.
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ScottA. Myers, MatthewM. Martin & TimothyP. Mottet. (2002) The relationship between student communication motives and information seeking. Communication Research Reports 19:4, pages 352-361.
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ScottA. Myers & RondaL. Knox. (2001) The relationship between college student information‐seeking behaviors and perceived instructor verbal behaviors. Communication Education 50:4, pages 343-356.
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Franziska K. Lang, Christopher A. Randles & Kathleen A. Jeffery. (2020) Developing and Evaluating a Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Training Course in the Chemistry Department of a Large American University. Journal of Chemical Education 97:6, pages 1515-1529.
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Yongjun Shin, Hee Sun Park, Seung Soo Han & Woo-Sung Chang. (2018) Information-seeking tactics and sense of workplace community in Korea. Journal of Community Psychology 46:7, pages 856-870.
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Daniel H. Mansson & Scott A. Myers. (2013) Mentoring Support and Relational Uncertainty in the Advisor–Advisee Relationship. NACADA Journal 33:1, pages 54-60.
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Kathryn L. Fonner & C. Erik Timmerman. (2009) Organizational Newc(ust)omers: Applying Organizational Newcomer Assimilation Concepts to Customer Information Seeking and Service Outcomes. Management Communication Quarterly 23:2, pages 244-271.
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Roli Varma & Marcella Lafever. (2007) Importance of gender homophily in the computer science classroom. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 26:2, pages 43-47.
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Craig W. Trumbo & Garrett J. O'Keefe. (2004) Chapter Ten: Reasoned Action in Environmental Communication Research: Demonstration of an Augmented Model. The Environmental Communication Yearbook 1:1, pages 189-204.
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