TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking pre-meeting communication to meeting effectiveness
AU - Allen, J.A.
AU - Lehmann-Willenbrock, N.K.
AU - Landowski, N.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of communication that occurs just before workplace meetings (i.e. pre-meeting talk). The paper explores how four specific types of pre-meeting talk (small talk, work talk, meeting preparatory talk, and shop talk) impact participants’ experiences of meeting effectiveness. Moreover, the authors investigate the role of participants’ personality in the link between pre-meeting talk and perceived meeting effectiveness.
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of communication that occurs just before workplace meetings (i.e. pre-meeting talk). The paper explores how four specific types of pre-meeting talk (small talk, work talk, meeting preparatory talk, and shop talk) impact participants’ experiences of meeting effectiveness. Moreover, the authors investigate the role of participants’ personality in the link between pre-meeting talk and perceived meeting effectiveness.
U2 - 10.1108/JMP-09-2012-0265
DO - 10.1108/JMP-09-2012-0265
M3 - Article
SN - 0268-3946
VL - 29
SP - 1064
EP - 1081
JO - Journal of Managerial Psychology
JF - Journal of Managerial Psychology
IS - 8
ER -