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defensive communication: a standalone construct

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Organizational communication

communication behaviors such as evaluation and control that create a defensive climate, contrasted with description and equality that create a supportive one.

In organizational communication, defensive communication refers to communication behaviors such as evaluation and control that create a defensive climate, contrasted with description and equality that create a supportive one. This meaning comes from Gibb (1961) in Journal of Communication.[1]

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  1. Gibb, J. R. (1961). Defensive Communication. Journal of Communication, 11(3), 141-148. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1961.tb00344.x

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