group and organizational concepts
type: Concept
narrower: group communication theories

applications and contexts
type: Concept
narrower: group communication theories

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: group communication theories

group communication theories
definition: When we meet together, face to face or online, in small- or medium-sized assemblies, associations, bands, clubs, cliques, and the like, we engage in group communication. As members of groups, we permit a part of our identity and goals to exist as part of a small collective, and the convergence of these parts of our individual lives gives the group a coherent meaning, boundary, purpose, structure, and norms. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Group Communication Theories]
broader: group and organizational concepts
broader: applications and contexts
type: Concept