Privacy in the workplace is a pivotal concern for employees and employers. Employees
expect to be in control of the personal information and access they provide to the …

This article reviews the status and contribution of Alan Westin's and Irwin Altman's theories
of privacy. It summarizes, compares, contrasts, and critiques their theories of privacy and …

Offering a practical theory for why people make decisions about revealing and concealing
private information, Boundaries of Privacy taps into everyday problems in our personal …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

New marketing paradigms that exploit the capabilities for data collection, aggregation, and
dissemination introduced by the Internet provide benefits to consumers but also pose real or …

The Communication Theory of Identity identifies four frames of identity and their
interpenetration. This article articulates identity gaps as a way to study interpenetration and …

This study proposes and tests a model of online information disclosure to commercial Web
sites, which is an important component of e-commerce. Based on social exchange theory …

One of the challenges for scholars studying communication and culture has been the
ubiquitous nature of theory. Communication studies has traditionally drawn upon theories …

This study examines contributing factors to international students' depression levels,
focusing on the gaps between different aspects of identity. Two types of identity gaps, one …