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Colin R Baker

Assistant Professor
313-577-0492
cbaker@wayne.edu
541 Manoogian Hall

Biography

Colin Baker (PhD., Michigan State University, 2007) is in his fourth year as a faculty member in the Communication Studies Area in the Department of Communication.


Academic Interests

Colin teaches courses in organizational, group, and leadership communication as well as the department intro to PhD study course.

COM 3250 - Intoduction to organizational communication

COM 3270 - Small group communication 

COM 5XXX - Leadership and team communication

COM 6200 - Theory of small group communication

COM 6250 - Organizational communication

COM 7150 - Microlevel organizational communication

COM 8000 - Intro to PhD study in Communication


Degrees and Certifications

PhD Michigan State University, Department of Communication - Advisor William A. Donohue PhD

MA Michigan State University, Department of Communication - Advisor: Vernon D. Miller PhD

BA Michigan State University, Department of Psychology

HIC Certified


Research Interests

Indicators and consequences of group communication structures, reciprocity in the workplace, utilization and construction of realistic job reviews and communication during organizational preentry, social influence, organizational entry


Recent Publications

 

Kotowski, M. R., Levine, T. R., Baker, C. R., Bolt, J. M. (In Press). A Multi-Trait Multi-Method Validity Assessment of the Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness Scales. Communication Monographs.
 
Park, H. Baker, C.R. Lee, D.W. (2008) Need for cognition, task complexity, and job satisfaction. Journal of Management in Engineering, 24, 111-117.
 
Spence, P.R., & Baker, C.R. (2007). State-of-the-method: An Examination of Level of Analysis, Methodology, and Setting in Current Organizational Communication Research. Journal of the Northwest Communication Association, 36, 111-124.

 


Responsibilities

Chair, Department Subcommittee on Graduate Recruitment

Member, Department of Communication Graduate Committee

Member, Department of Communication Academic Adjustment Committee


Office hours

Thursday 1-4, and by appointment