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Perceiving Strategic Meeting Interaction

North Dakota State University, stephenson.beck{at}ndsu.edu

Joann Keyton

North Carolina State University

This study investigates how individuals perceive the message strategies of other team members and then explores how these perceptions are influenced by message function. Using a mixed-methods data collection, team interaction was coded using Bales's Interaction Process Analysis (IPA). Following the meetings, retrospective interviews were conducted to capture perceptions of team member contributions to weekly team meetings. To assess perceptual similarities and differences, team member perceptions were then compared to the IPA codes of meeting interactions. Findings advance knowledge of communication in team meetings, specifically, how and why team members interpret the same interaction in different ways. Study results have implications for improving member communication in task-focused team meetings.

Key Words: strategy • meeting • message function • perception

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Small Group Research, Vol. 40, No. 2, 223-246 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1046496408330084


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