VITA
PATRICIA
M. SIAS
Edward R. Murrow
School of Communication
Washington
State University
Pullman,
Washington 99164-2520
(509)
335-8857; e-mail: psias@wsu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Speech Communication;
Organizational Communication emphasis
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, May
1993
M.A. Communication Studies;
Organizational Communication emphasis
California State University, Sacramento,
Sacramento, CA December 1987
B.A. Communication Studies
California State University, Sacramento,
Sacramento, CA May 1983
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Professor, Edward
R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University. 2005-present.
Associate Professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication,
Washington State University, 1998-2005.
Assistant Professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication,
Washington State University, 1992-1998.
Courses taught: Organizational
Communication, Advanced Organizational Communication,
Graduate Seminar in Organizational Communication, Persuasion, Communication
and Leadership, Theory Building (Graduate), Graduate Seminar in Intercultural
Communication
Assistant Instructor, Department of Speech Communication,
University of Texas, Austin, 1989-1992.
Courses taught: Interviewing Principles and Practices, Business and
Professional Speaking
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles:
Fix, B.*,
& Sias, P.M. (In press). Person-centered
communication, leader-member exchange, and job satisfaction. Communication
Research Reports.
Sias, P.M.
(2005). Workplace relationship quality and employee information experiences. Communication Studies, 56, 375-396.
Tidwell,
M., & Sias, P. (2005). Personality
and employee information–seeking: Understanding how traits influence
information-seeking behaviors. Journal of Business Communication, 42, 51-78.
Sias, P.
M., & Perry, T. (2004). Disengaging
from workplace relationships: A research note. Human Communication Research, 30,
589-602.
Sias,
P.M., Heath, R.G., Perry, T., Silva, D., & Fix, B. (2004). Narratives of
workplace friendship deterioration. Journal of Social and Personal
Relationships, 21, 321-340.
Bartoo,
H., & Sias, P.M. (2004). When Enough
is Too Much: The Impact of Communication Apprehension on Employee Information
Experiences. Communication Quarterly, 52,
15-26.
Sias, P.
M., Smith, G., & Avdeyeva, T. (2003).
Sex and sex composition similarities and differences in workplace
friendship development. Communication Studies, 54, 322-340.
Sias, P.M.
& Wyers, T.D. (2001). Employee
uncertainty and information-seeking in newly-formed expansion
organizations. Management
Communication Quarterly, 14, 549-573.
Chen, T.,
Drzewiecka, J., & Sias, P.M. (2001). Dialectical tensions in Taiwanese
International Student Friendships. Communication
Quarterly/Qualitative Research Reports,
2, 57-65.
Heath, R.,
& Sias, P. M. (1999). Communicating spirit in a collaborative
alliance. Journal of Applied
Communication Research, 27,
356-376.
Sias, P.
M., & Cahill, D. J. (1998). From coworkers to friends: The development of
peer friendships in the workplace. Western Journal of Communication, 62,
273-299.
Odden, C.
M. & Sias, P.M. (1997). Peer
communication relationships, psychological climate, and gender. Communication
Quarterly, 45, 153-166.
Sias, P.
M., Kramer, M. W., & Jenkins, E. (1997). A comparison of the communication
behaviors of temporary and newly hired employees. Communication Research, 24,
31-54.
Cahill, D.
J., & Sias, P. M. (1997). The
perceived social costs and importance of seeking emotional support in the
workplace: Gender differences and similarities. Communication Research
Reports, 14, 231-240.
Sias, P.
M. (1996). Constructing perceptions of
differential treatment: An analysis of coworker discourse. Communication
Monographs, 63, 171-187.
Sias, P.
M. & Odden, C. M. (1996). The next
best thing to being there: A test of the joint conversation reconstruction
method. Communication Research
Reports, 13, 35-42.
Sias, P.
M. & Jablin, F.M. (1995). Differential Superior-Subordinate Relations, Perceptions
of fairness, and coworker communication. Human Communication Research, 22,
5-38.
Sias, P.
M. (1995). Intercultural Communication
in Organizations: A Review of the Literature.
Arizona Communication Association Journal, 21, 85-112.
Lang, A.,
Sias, P. M., Chantrill, P. & Burek, J.(1995). Tell me a story: Narrative structure
and memory for television. Communication
Reports, 8, 102-110.
Book and Invited Book Chapters:
Sias, P.M.
Workplace relationship deterioration (forthcoming). Problematic relationships in the workplace. J.H. Fritz and B.
Omdahl (Eds.), Peter Lang Publishers.
Sias, P.M.
& Bartoo, H. (forthcoming). Friendship, Social Support and Health. In L. L’Abate,D.D. Embrey, & M.S. Baggett
(Eds.). Handbook
of low-cost interventions to promote physical and mental health: Theory,
research, and practice. Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.
Sias,
P.M., Krone, K.J., & Jablin, F.M. (2002).
An ecological systems perspective on workplace relationships. In M.L. Knapp
& J. Daly (Eds.), Handbook of interpersonal communication (3rd
ed.), Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Jablin,
F.M. & Sias, P.M. (2000).
Communication competence. In
(F.M. Jablin, & L.L. Putnam, Eds.) Handbook of organizational
communication: Advances in theory, research, and methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Jablin, F.
M., Miller, V. D., & Sias, P. M. (1999). Interview process dynamics. In R. Eder & M. Harris (Eds.), The
employment interview: Theory, research, and practice (2nd ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Salvador,
M.W., & Sias, P. M. (Eds.) (1998). The
public voice in a democracy at risk.
Westport, CT: Praeger.
Sias,
P.M. (1998). Continuing the
dialogue. In M. W. Salvador & P. M.
Sias (Eds.), The public voice in a democracy at risk. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Hopper,
R., Ward. J.A, Thomason, W.R., & Sias, P. M. (1995). Disclaimers in calls to a cancer
hotline. In G.H. Morris and R. Chenail
(Eds.) The Talk of the Clinic. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
WORK
IN PROGRESS
Drzewiecka,
J., Meares, M.M, Bent, R., Ortega, M., White, C., Xie, G. Intercultural
friendship development. Research
article in progress.
Hockersmith,
P., & Sias, P.M. (Re)producing conflict in a virtual group. Research article in progress.
Meares,
M.M., & Sias, P.M. Webs of
diversity: Framing workplace diversity on corporate websites. Research article in progress.
REFEREED
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Sias, P.M.
(2004, November). Workplace relationship quality and employee information
experiences. Competitive paper
presented to the Organizational Communication Division at the 2004 National
Communication Association conference in Chicago, IL.
Sias, P.M.
(2003, November). Mentor or Menace: U.S. Business Magazine Constructions of
the Workplace Relationship.
Bartoo,
H., & Sias, P.M. (2003, November). Communication Apprehension and
employee information receiving perceptions.
Competitive paper presented to the Organizational Communication Division
at the National Communication Assoc. conference in Miami, FL.
Chen, T.,
Drzewiecka, J. & Sias, P.M. (2001, February). Dialectical tensions in Taiwanese
International Student Friendships. Paper presented at the Western Speech
Association annual convention in Couer d’Alene, Idaho.
Sias, P.M.
(2000, November). From friends to coworkers: Narratives of workplace
friendship deterioration. “Top Four” paper presented to the
Organizational Communication Division at the 2000 National Communication
Association conference in Seattle, WA.
Sias, P.
M., Smith, G., & Avdeyeva, T. (1999,
November). Developmental influences and communication in workplace
friendships. Paper presented to the
Organizational Communication Division at the 1999 National Communication
Association conference in Chicago, IL.
Heath, R.
G., & Sias, P. M. (1998, November). Communicating
spirit in a collaborative alliance.
Paper presented to the Organizational Communication Division at the 1998
National Communication Association conference in New York.
Sias, P.
M., Kramer, M. W., & Jenkins, E. (1998, November). A comparison of the
communication behaviors of temporary and newly hired employees. Paper presented at the 1997 National
Communication Association conference in Chicago, IL.
Cahill, D.
J., & Sias, P. M. (1997, May). The perceived social costs and importance
of seeking emotional support in the workplace: Gender differences and
similarities. Paper presented in a
competitive poster session at the 1997 International Communication Association
convention in Montreal, Canada.
Odden, C.
M. & Sias, P. M. (1996, November) Peer communication relationships,
gender and psychological climate.
"Top Three" paper in Organizational Communication
presented at the 1996 Speech Communication Association convention in San Diego,
California.
Sias, P.
M. (1995, November). Constructing
perceptions of differential treatment:
An analysis of coworker discourse.
"Top-Ranked" paper in Organizational Communication
presented at the 1995 Speech Communication Association convention, San Antonio.
Sias, P.
M. & Jablin, F. M. (1995, November).
Revitalizing applied communication research:
Use of the
joint conversation reconstruction method. "Top Four" paper presented
to the Applied Communication Division at the 1995 Speech Communication
Association Convention. San Antonio,
Texas.
Sias, P.
M. & Odden, C. M. (1995, November). The
next best thing to being there: The
validity of individual self-report conversation recall and a test of the joint
conversation reconstruction method.
Paper presented to the Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
Division at the 1995 Speech Communication Association convention, San Antonio,
Texas.
Sias, P.M.
& Jablin, F.M. (1994, November). Superior-subordinate
relations, perceptions of fairness and coworker communication: An exploratory
study. Presented to the
Organizational Comm. Division at the Speech Communication Association
Convention. New Orleans.
Sias, P.
(1993). The impact of differential
superior-subordinate treatment on coworker communication. Presented at the 1993 Northwest Communication
Assn Convention. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Sias, P.
(1992, May). Communicative
Consequences of Differential Superior-Subordinate Relations. Paper presented to the Organizational
Communication Division at the International Communication Association
Convention, Miami, Florida.
Sias, P.
(1991, November). Future talk
in romantic relationships.
Paper presented to the Interpersonal Communication division at the
Speech Communication Association Convention, Atlanta.
Sias, P.
and Drummond, K.G. (1990, November). Any
warm body will do: Organizational communication in a voluntary
organization. Paper presented to
Organizational Communication Division at the Speech Communication Assn.
Convention, Chicago, IL.
Sias, P.,
and Jablin, F.M. (1990, June). Interorganizational
communication in a single
European
common market. Paper presented to the
Organizational Communication Division at the International Communication
Association Convention, Dublin, Ireland.
Hopper,
R., Sias, P, and Thomason, W. Ray (1989, November). We're not doctors:
Disclaimers
in phone calls to the Cancer Information Service. Paper presented to the Language and
Interaction Division at the Speech Communication Association Convention, San
Francisco, California.
Hopper,
R., Sias, P., and Thomason, W. Ray (1989, August). We're not doctors: Disclaimers in phone
calls to the Cancer Information Service and in some other settings. Paper presented at the First International
Conference on Understanding Language Use in Everyday Life, University of
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
GRANTS
$14,000
grant (Principal Investigator: Prof.
Jack Burns) from the Eisenhower Leadership Studies Program (U.S. Department of
Education) to develop and teach a course in Communication and Leadership for
the WSU Leadership Studies Minor.
$10,000
grant (Principal Investigator: Prof.
Jack Burns) from the Eisenhower Leadership Studies Program (U.S. Department of
Education) to examine the influence of the mass media on America's "public
voice." This grant was used to
finance an edited volume on this issue published by Praeger Publishers.
College of
Liberal Arts Dean's Initiating Grant.
$500.00 for study entitled "The next best thing to being
there: A test of the joint conversation
reconstruction method."
College of
Liberal Arts Dean's Initiating Grant.
$400.00 for study entitled "Organizational climate, peer
communication relationships and job satisfaction."
AWARDS
AND HONORS
2000 “Top
Four” paper in Organizational Communication, National Communication Association
(formerly Speech Communication Association).
1996
"Top Three" paper in Organizational Communication, Speech
Communication Association.
1995
"Top-Ranked" paper in Organizational Communication, Speech
Communication Association.
1995
"Top Four" paper in Applied Communication, Speech Communication
Association.
1992-1993
W. Charles Redding Outstanding Dissertation Award for the outstanding doctoral
dissertation in organizational communication, sponsored by the International
Communication Association.
Invited
Visiting Minority Scholar, Michigan State University Department of Communication,
April 7-13, 1997.
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
Editorial
Board, Communication Monographs, 2001-2003 (Frank Boster, Ed.).
Editorial
Board, Journal of Applied
Communication Research, 2002-2005 (Joann Keyton, Ed.)
Editorial
Board, Communication Studies,
2002-2005 (Jim Query, Ed.).
Editorial
Board, Management Communication Quarterly, 2000-2003 (Ted Zorn,
Ed.).
Editorial
Board, Communication Education, 1999-2002 (Joe Ayres, Ed.).
Ad hoc manuscript
reviewer for Journal of Applied Communication Research, Management
Communication Quarterly, Western
Journal of Communication, Communication Studies, Human Relations, Organization Science, Communication
Theory
Vice-chair
elect, Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication
Association, 2003-2004.
Invited
Participant, Organizational Communication Division Doctoral Honors
Preconference, International Communication Association, May 2001, Washington
D.C. Invited as “seasoned scholar” to speak to doctoral candidates from around
the country regarding publishing organizational communication research in
various refereed journal outlets.
Invited
Panelist, Organizational Communication preconference on junior faculty
development, National Communication Association, November 2003, Miami.
Judge,
Organizational Communication Research Article of the Year award, sponsored by
the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication
Association, 2000, 2002.
Legislative
Council Member-At-Large, National Communication Association, 2000-2003.
Secretary,
Organizational Communication Division of National Communication Association,
1997-1999.
Respondent,
Competitive panel on Organizational Communication, National Communication
Association, 1996-2002 Annual Conventions
Paper
reader, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication
Association 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004 annual conventions.
Paper
reader, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication
Association, 2004 annual convention.
Respondent
on panel entitled "Communication and Conflict" at the 1996 Northwest
Communication Association annual convention, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Program
Planner, Organizational Communication Division, Northwest Communication
Association Conference, 1995.
Respondent,
Communication and Organizational Effectiveness, Panel at the
Northwest Communication Association Conference, April 1994, Couer d'Alene,
Idaho.
Committee
Member, Annual Chicano Studies Conference, November 11-13, 1993. Sponsored by
the Department of Comparative American Cultures, Washington State University.
Organizational
Communication textbook reviewer, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995.
Interviewing
textbook reviewer, Sage Publications, 1993.
DOCTORAL
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee Chair:
Student
Name Topic Defense
Date
Michael
Tidwell Personality and
employee information- May 2002
seeking
Deborah
Silva Structuration of
group identity In progress
Doctoral Committee Member:
Sudeshna Roy Negotiating
Identity at the United Nations in
progress
Edith A.
Jenkins Conflict
Management, Identity, and Self- May
2001
Efficacy
MASTER’S THESIS
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Committee Chair:
Student
Name Topic Defense
Date
Edith
Jenkins Gender and
Conflict Management July 1994
Derek
Brandes Communication in
Mentoring July 1994
Relationships
Tony Will Persuasive Strategies
in MTV’s July 1994
“Rock the
Vote” Campaign
Christie
Odden Organizational
Climate, Gender April 1995
and Peer
Relationships
Daniel J.
Cahill Gender
Differences and Similarities April 1996
in
Workplace Emotional Support
Nongnuch
Thanimmal Participation in Decision-making
in August
1996
Thai
Organizations
Christa
Bayer Communication
Strategies for Dec. 1996
Peer
Relationship Maintenance
Renee
Heath Communication
in Collaborative May
1997
Organizations
Deborah
Silva Person-centered
Communication May
1998
and
Conflict Management Style
Bryan Fix Person-centered
Communication and May 1998
Leader-Member
Exchange Theory
Tatyana
Avdeyeva Host
perceptions of Desired and Actual May
1998
Communication
Behaviors of American
Managers
in Russia
Tammie
Wyers Socialization of
Newcomers in Newly- May 1998
Formed
Organizations
C.
Limpanusorn Thai Cultural Identity, Work Autonomy June 1998
Job
Satisfaction
Guy Smith Equivocality
Reduction Among Dec. 1999
Baseball Umpires
Sarah
Lindsay Including the
Other in Collaborative Nov. 2000
Organizations
Birgitte
Brander Professional
Identity and Identification Dec. 2001
Heidi Bartoo Communication Apprehension and May
2003
Employee
Perceptions of information
receiving
Jenae Grader Self-efficacy and use of July 2003
Communication
Technologies
Jennifer Cook Non-Thesis Option May 2003
Lisa Heithe Person-centered comm. & Leadership October 2003
Colene White Gender and Leader Member July 2004
Exchange
Theory
Pippa Pearce Coaching and Leadership In progress
Felise Clark Union satisfaction and information Dec. 2004
Pat
Hockersmith Reproducing
conflict in an on-line April
2005
Group
Erin T. Gallagher Newcomers as sources of uncertainty In progress
Pritha Sen Initiation
of virtual workplace friendships In
progress
Brian Lempke Social construction of workplace enemies In progress
Master’s Thesis Committee Member:
Jeannie
Ratliff, defended July 1994 Michelle
Dishong, def. April 1996
Jeffrey
Stevenson, defended April 1994 Tanichya
Keerataweep, def. April 1996
Carla
Freeman, defended July 1994 Jiun-Ming Fang, defended Spring 1996
Daniel
Weisbach, defended April 1994 Chia-Fang
Hsu, defended Spring 1996
Elissa Braico,
defended December 1994 Tracy Lee Clarke, def. Spring 1997
Mary
McGough, defended May 1995 Bernadette
Kapocias, def. Spring 1997
Heather
Hibbs, defended April 1995 Trinette Zawadzki, defended April
1995
Kay
Rutherford, defended April 1995 Barry
Johnson, def. December 1996
Mary Jo
Gonzales, defended July 1995 Pao-En
Chen, defended April 1996
Naiyana Ratanasuwanachart,
def.July 1995 Marilyn Bayona, defended April 1998
Kyoko
Nagami, defended December 1995 Eric Moreau, defended April 1998
Ju-Huei
Lin, defended December 1995 Heather
Crandall, defended June 1998
Kahori
Kubo, defended April 1996 Terria Chen, defended June 2000
Steve
Crosby, defended April 1996 Theran Verdon, defended May 2000
Ruth
Funabiki, defended April 1996 Monrutai Keererat, def. August 2000
Ruami
Dyck, defended April 1996 Darshan
Sawant, defended May 2001
Tara
Perry, defended May 1996 Mike
Owen, defended May 2001
Newell
Crary, defended April 2003 Yoko Konomi, defended April 2004
Amanda
Hale-Wisener, July 2004 Jay
Love, September 2005
UNIVERSITY
AND COLLEGE SERVICE
Member,
WSU “Quality in All We Do” Strategic Plan Implementation Team, 2002-present
Member,
College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2003-present
Project
Director, WSU Internal Communication Audit, 2001, 2003.
Co-chair,
WSU Chicano(a)/Latino(a) Faculty/Staff Association, 2000-2002.
Member,
Search Committee, WSU President, 1999-2000 (resulted in the hiring of President
Lane Rawlins)
Member,
WSU President's Commission on the Status of Minorities, December 1995-1999
Member,
Search Committee, WSU Vice Provost for Research, 1998 (resulted in the hiring
of George Hedge)
Member,
Search Committee, WSU Director of the Center for Human Rights, 1995 (resulted
in the hiring of Deborah Love).
Ex-Officio
member, WSU President's Commission on the Status of Women, May 1996-1999
Faculty
Mentor, WSU Summer Doctoral Fellows Program, 1999, 2000
Member,
College of Liberal Arts Task Force on Diversity, 1997.
Member,
WSU Human Resource Training Committee, 1999
Member,
WSU Human Resource Training Committee Subcommittee to Develop a Cultural
Diversity Track, Summer 1995.
Member,
WSU Human Resource Training Committee Subcommittee to Develop an Advanced
Leadership Track, Fall 1995.
Panel
Member, Tenure and Promotion, WSU Summer Doctoral Fellows Program, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001.
Invited speaker, WSU Pre