TY - BOOK AU - Waldron, Vincent R. TI - Managing risk in communication encounters: strategies for the workplace SN - 9781412966672 U1 - 650.13 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage Publications KW - Business communication KW - Communication in organizations KW - Conflict management KW - Interpersonal communication KW - Risk --Sociological aspects N2 - Focusing on risky interactions, the book centres on those interactions that threaten identities and relationships and sometimes careers such as: practising dissent; repairing broken relationships; managing privacy; responding to harassment; and, offering criticism and communicating emotion. In doing so the text helps students understand types of work situations that are both ethically challenging and personally risky while presenting a theoretical model to help them: integrate existing research, analyze situations, and generate new questions. (http://www.alibris.co.uk) ER -