Communication Competence.

Intro -- Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- . Welcome to the Handbook of Communication Competence -- II. Paradigms and perspectives -- 2. Communication competence: Historical synopsis, definitions, applications, and looking to the future -- 3. Theoretical approaches to communicative competence -- 4. Epistemological approaches to communication competence -- III. Codes -- 5. Competence in speaking in interactions -- 6. Nonverbal skills in emotional communication -- 7. Computer-mediated communication competence -- IV. Components -- 8. Motivational factors and communication competence -- 9. Competence knowledge -- 10. The composition of competence: Communication skills -- V. Personal factors -- 11. Genetics and communication competence -- 12. Culture and competence: Ethnicity and race -- VI. Contexts -- 13. Relational competence -- 14. Communication competence in the management of conflict -- 15. Developing negotiation competencies -- 16. Communication competence in organizations and groups: Historic and emerging perspectives -- 17. Functional forms of competence: Interviewing -- 18. Instructional communication competence in higher education -- 19. Managing uncertainty in clinical encounters -- 20. Intercultural and intergroup communication competence: Toward an integrative perspective -- 21. Social communicative competencies across the life span -- VII. Intervention and assessment -- 22. Assessing the state of assessment: Communication competence -- 23. Outcomes and the criterion problem in communication competence research -- 24. The transformation of everyday talk: The impact of communication technology on notions of communication competence -- 25. Training and intervention -- VIII. The dark side of communication competence.

26. The dark underbelly of communication competence: How something good can be bad? -- 27. Miscommunication and error -- 28. Verbal and physical aggression -- IX. Epilogue -- 29. Problems, paradoxes, and prospects in the study of communication competence -- Biographical sketches -- Subject index -- Author index.

This handbooks series aims to integrate knowledge of communication structures and processes. It is global in orientation, dedicated to cultural and epistemological diversity as well as different scholarly approaches. The series features volumes on 'messages, codes and channels', 'mode of address: communication situations and context', 'methodology in communication science' and 'application areas'. The latter features volumes devoted to a large range of specialist areas of communication science. The series as a whole aims at meeting the needs of undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers across the area of communication studies.

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