Publications:
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Gross, C., Whitbred, R., Skalski, P., & Liu, Y., (2013). Understanding factors influencing faculty willingness to participate in learning communities. Florida Journal of Communication, 41: 1-15.
Bambrick, S., Whitbred, R., Skalski, P., & Bracken, C. (2012). Is Text Always Superior to Video? Investigating the Impact of Moving Images, Standard Video, and Text on Presence. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual International Workshop on Presence. Philadephia, PA: Temple University.
Makowski, M., Whitbred, R., Bracken, C., & Skalski, P. (2012). Comparing the Effects of Transportation and Central Processing on Current and Future Beneficial Organizational Behaviors. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual International Workshop on Presence. Philadephia, PA: Temple University.
Contractor, N., Whitbred, R., Fonti, F.,& Steglich, C. (2012) Understanding the ties that bind: A longitudinal investigation of the evolution of a communication network, Western Journal of Communication, 76: 333-357
WWhitbred, R., Fonti, F., Steglich, C, &. Contractor, N. (2011). From microactions to macrostructure and back: A structurational approach to the evolution of organizational networks, Human Communication Research, 37: 404-433.
Whitbred, R., Skalski, P., Bracken, C., & Weaver, W. (2011). Investigating the effects of communication modality, message framing, and source credibility on presence experiences, Pennsylvania Communication Annual, 67: 26-47.
Whitbred, R. C. (2010) Recognized unified diversity: Mission messages and organizational communication. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 1(2), 191-206.
Fonti, F., Whitbred, R. & Maoret, M. (2011) Who¿s on first? The role of network perception in organizational free-riding, Academy of Management¿s Top Papers Proceedings.
Fonti, F. & Whitbred, R. (2011). Where do weak ties come from? An empirical investigation of the antecedents of week network ties. Synergy: 86, 93-111.
Whitbred, R., Skalski, P., Bracken, C. C., & Lieberman, E. (2010). When richer is poorer: Understanding the influence of channel richness and presence on the introduction of a mission statement. PsychNology Journal, 8(1), 115-139.
Skalski, P., & Whitbred, R. (2010). Image versus sound: A comparison of formal feature effects on presence and video game enjoyment. PsychNology Journal, 8(1), 67-84.
Whitbred, R. C. (2010) Recognized unified diversity: Mission messages and organizational communication. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 1(2), 191-206.
Whitbred, R. C. (2008a) The sensemaking of organizational mission. Business Research Yearbook, XV, 729-734.
Whitbred, R. C. (2008b). Social support and job satisfaction: The impact of relationship maintenance obligations in organizations. Business Research Yearbook, XV, 736-741.
Whitbred, R., C. (2005). They Don¿t See Things Like We Do: A Simultaneous Analysis of the Influence of Formal Organisational, Emergent, and Individual Factors on Emergent Patterns of Perceptions of Organisational Mission. PRISM: Online Journal of Refereed Public Relations and Communication Research, 3(1), 1-10. http://praxis.massey.ac.nz/vol_3_iss_1.html
Whitbred, R. C. (2005). The Relationship between the Mission Statement and Members¿ Interpretations in the Virtual Organization. Business Research Yearbook, XII(2), 685-689.
Whitbred, R. C. (2003). Someone Always Wants to Talk to Me! Negative Influence of Too Much Social Capital on Job Satisfaction. The Louisiana Communication Journal, 4: 14-27.
Pollock, T., Whitbred, R. C., & Contractor, N. (2000). Social information processing and job characteristics: A simultaneous test of two theories with implications for job satisfaction. Human Communication Research, 26(2), 292-330.
Jones, P. M., Chin, G., Lucenti, M. Kin, H-J, Stigberg, D., Sherman, G., Contractor, N., O¿Keefe, B. J., Whitbred, R., Grobler, F., Case, M., Heckel, J., Lu, C-Y, & Ganeshan, R. (1997). CITYSCAPE: Civil infostructure technology system for collaborative analysis, prediction, and evaluation. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Orlando, FL, 3, 2223-2227.
PEER REVIEWED AND PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (full papers)
Whitbred, R. C., Skalski, P., Bracken, C., & Lieberman, E. (2009). When richer is poorer: Understanding the influence of channel richness and presence on the introduction of a mission statement. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Workshop on Presence. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.
Skalski, P., Whitbred, R., & Lindmark, P. (2009). Image versus sound: A comparison of formal feature effects on presence, video game enjoyment, and player performance. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Workshop on Presence. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.
Jones, P. M., Chin, G., Lucenti, M. Kin, H-J, Stigberg, D., Sherman, G., Contractor, N., O¿Keefe, B. J., Whitbred, R., Grobler, F., Case, M., Heckel, J., Lu, C-Y, & Ganeshan, R. (1997). CITYSCAPE: Civil infostructure technology system for collaborative analysis, prediction, and evaluation. Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Orlando, FL, 3, 2223-2227.
BOOOK CHAPTERS AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Whitbred, R. (2010). Accusations of racism on a project team. In
Group Communication: Cases for Analysis, Appreciation, and Application, L. Black
(Ed.), Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Whitbred, R. C. (forthcoming). Quadradic Assignment Procedure (QAP). Encyclopedia of Social Networking, G. Barnett and G. Golson (Eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Whitbred, R. C. (forthcoming). Affiliation and Attribute Networks. Encyclopedia of Social Networking, G. Barnett and G. Golson (Eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Skalski, P., & Whitbred, R. (forthcoming). Google. Encyclopedia of Social
Networking, G. Barnett and G. Golson (Eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Contractor, N. S., & Whitbred, R. C. (1997). Decision development in work groups: A comparison of contingency and self-organizing systems perspectives. In G. A. Barnett & L. Thayer, (Eds.), Organizational Communication¿Emerging Perspectives V: The Renaissance in Systems Thinking (pp. 83-104). Greenwich: Ablex Publishing Company.