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Article 1: Choosing Media

Cynthia P. Ruppel, Baiyun Gong, and Leslie C. Tworoger. Using Communication Choices as a Boundary-Management Strategy: How Choices of Communication Media Affect the Work–Life Balance of Teleworkers in a Global Virtual Team. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 2013 27: 436-471.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Explain the necessity for establishing and actively managing work-life boundaries in the face of increasing virtuality in the workplace. 
2. Outline the boundary-management strategies that can be implemented in the domestic workplace. 

Article 2: Upward Communication and Distortion

Thomas J. Housel. The Reduction of Upward Communication Distortion. International Journal of Business Communication 1977 14: 49-65.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the problems associated with upward communication distortion.
2. Outline methodologies that could be utilized in order to achieve an open communication climate within an organization.   

Article 3: Visual Aids and Job Performance

Juan M. Madera, Mary Dawson, Jack A. Neal, and Kristin Busch. Breaking A Communication Barrier: The Effect of Visual Aids in Food Preparation on Job Attitudes and Performance. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research 2013 37: 262-280.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Explain the generative theory of multimedia learning as it relates to removing communication barriers in an organization. 
2. Relate multimedia learning and job performance and task satisfaction.