Scott Shank

Ph.D. Candidate

Department

Communication

shanksco@msu.edu

Bio

Scott Shank is a Ph.D. candidate who studies organizational communication, particularly related to socialization, organizational behavior, and leadership. Familiar with qualitative and mixed-method approaches, current projects emphasize regression-based analysis to specify and test theoretical models.

Research and Teaching

Scott has taught introductory and capstone courses on organizational communication, as well as courses on leadership, interpersonal, group, and presentational communication. He has contributed to handbooks on the topics of organizational socialization and leadership communication. His research agenda includes leader-member communication calibration and information sharing, the socializing influence of workgroup norms, and communication behaviors in role negotiation episodes.

Related Work

Scott Shank: Excellence in Teaching Award

Shank Wins ‘Excellence-In-Teaching-Citations’ Award With Attentive Communication Philosophy

Recent Publications

Kramer, M. W., Dailey, S., Shank, S. E., & Miller, V. D. (in press). Organizational Entry. In V. D. Miller & M. S. Poole (eds.), Handbook of organizational communication theory and research. DeGruyter.

Shank, S. E., & Miller, V. D. (2023). New leadership and the communication of social support. In N. Pfeffermann & M. Schaller (eds.), New leadership communication: Inspire your horizon. Springer.

Omilion-Hodges, L., & Shank, S. E. (2023). She’s the anti-Midas, everything turns to crap: Exploring managerial metaphors from the standpoint of acting managers and employees. International Journal of Business Communication, XX(X), X-X.

Omilion-Hodges, L., Shank, S. E., Packard, C. (2021). Doubting the connection: Millennials’ perceptions of the link between higher education and workplace readiness. Management Research Review.

Omilion-Hodges, L., Shank, S. E., & Packard, C. (2019). What young adults want: A multistudy examination of vocational anticipatory socialization through the lens of students’ desired managerial communication behaviors. Management Communication Quarterly, 43(4), 512-547.

Apker, J., Shank, S., Baker, M., Hatten, K., & VanSweden, S. (2019). Observing and identifying hospitalist best communication practices in patient interactions. Hospital Topics, 97(4), 156-164.

Contact Information

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