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Department of Communication Studies

Communication, Collaboration, Community

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Kathleen Krone, Ph.D.


Professor of Communication Studies
Organizational Communication

426 Oldfather Hall
(402) 472-6922
kkrone1@unl.edu

Education

Ph.D. @ University of Texas at Austin, 1985
M.A. @ Illinois State University, 1975
B.A. @ Illinois State University, 1973

Research Specialty

  • Organizational Communication

Current Projects

  • Framing Intercultural Conflict in Sino-American Joint Ventures
  • Stakeholder Turning Points in Community Consensus-Building

Recent Activities

  • Putnam, L.L. & Krone, K.J. (Eds.) (2006). Major works in Organizational Communication (Volumes 1-5). London: Sage.
  • Putnam, L.L. & Krone, K.J. (2006). Editor's Introduction. Major works in organizational communication. (Volume 1, pp.xxiii-xliii). London: Sage.
  • Krone, K.J., Schrodt, P., & Kirby, E.L. (2006). Structuration theory: Promising directions for family communication research. In D.O. Braithwaite & L.A. Baxter (Eds.), Engaging theories in family communication. (pp. 293-308). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Krone, K.J. (2005). Trends in organizational communication research: Sustaining the discipline, sustaining ourselves. Communication Studies, 56, pp. 95-105.
  • Sias, P., Krone, K.J., & Jablin, F.M. (2002). An ecological systems perspective on workplace relationships. In M. Knapp & J.A. Daly (Ed.), Handbook of interpersonal communication (3rd edition, pp.615-642). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Dougherty, D., & Krone, K.J. (2002). Emotional intelligence as organizational communication: An examination of the construct. In W.B. Gudykunst (Ed.) Communication yearbook 26, (pp. 202-229). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  • Krone, K.J. (2001). Reframing organizational communication theory and research through spirituality. In A. Rodriguez (Ed.), Essays on communication and spirituality: Contributions to a new discourse on communication (pp. 21-46). Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc.
  • Krone, K.J. (2000). Becoming deeply multi-perspectival: Commentary on finding common ground in organizational communication research. In S. Corman & M.S. Poole (Eds.), Perspectives on organizational communication: Finding common ground (pp. 144-151). New York: The Guilford Press.
  • Krone, K.J. & Morgan, J.M. (2000). Emotion metaphors in management: The Chinese experience. In S. Fineman (Ed.), Emotion in organizations (pp. 83-100). London: Sage.

Journal Articles

  • Krone, K.J. (2005). Trends in organizational communication research: Sustaining the discipline, sustaining ourselves. Communication Studies, 56, pp. 95-105.
  • Kirby, E.L., & Krone, K.J. (2002). "The policy exists, but you can't use it": Negotiating tensions in work-family policy. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 30, pp. 50-77.
  • Harter, L.M., & Krone K.J. (2001). Exploring the emergent identities of future physicians: Toward an understanding of the ideological socialization of osteopathic medical students. Southern Communication Journal, 67, pp. 66-83.
  • Morgan, J.M., & Krone, K.J. (2001). Bending the rules of "professional" display: Emotion negotiation in caregiver performances. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 29, pp. 317-340.
  • Harter, L.M., & Krone, K.J. (2001). The boundary-spanning role of a cooperative support organization: Managing the paradox of stability and change in non-traditional organizations. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 29, 248-277.
  • Sloan, D.K., & Krone, K.J. (2002). Women managers and gendered values. Womens' Studies in Communication, 23, 111-130.
  • Dougherty, D.S., & Krone, K.J. (2000). Overcoming the dichotomy: Cultivating standpoints in organizations through research. Womens' Studies in Communication, 23, 16-40.
  • Krone, K.J., Chen, L., Sloan, D.K., & Gallant, L. (1997). Managerial emotionality in Chines factories. Management Communication Quarterly, 11, 6-50 (lead article)
  • Krone, K.J., Chen, L., & Xia, H. (1997). Approaches to managerial influence in the People's Republic of China. The Journal of Business Communication, 34, 289-315.

Service/Administrative Activities

  • Forum Editor, Management Communication Quarterly
  • Organizational Communication Past Chair, Division of the National Communication Association
  • Past Editorial Board Member for Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Communication Studies
  • Member, Chancellor's Commission on the Statues of Women
  • Affiliate of The Mediation Center, Lincoln, NE.

Classes Taught at UNL

  • COMM 189H Communication and the 21st Century Workplace
  • COMM 189H Communication and the Socially Responsible Organization
  • COMM 371 Communication in Conflict and Negotiation
  • COMM 486 Organizational Communication
  • COMM 498 Globalizing Organizational Communication
  • COMM 886 Organizational Communication (introductory, graduate-level)
  • COMM 986A Perspectives in Organizational Communication Research
  • COMM 986B Communication and Alternative Organizational Forms
  • COMM 986D Readings in Organizational Communication (topics include emotional labor, feminism, and organizational socialization)

Curricular Innovations

Cultivate global awareness among students through international collaborative class projects. For example, in Fall 2005, undergraduate students worked with students from De La Salle University in the Philippines to develop a more culturally sensitive understanding of communicating leadership in global organizations.