Communication Styles among Organizational Peers

Communication styles are representative of the individuals and identifying the communication styles of an individual allows the understanding of individual background, the way of thinking and perception of social reality. In the organizational context, studying the communicator styles of a group of organizational employees can be equated with learning the organizational culture. The purposes of this study are to determine the predominant communication styles among organizational employees and to examine if an individual’s communication styles in an organization differ according to demographic variables. An exploratory study involving 48 employees of a local Research & Development organization was conducted in which self-administered questionnaires were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson Correlation. The findings of this study showed that communication styles differ significantly according to gender, age, years of working, educational background, positions held and departments represented. Attentive, relaxed, and friendly styles are found to be the top three predominant styles among organizational employees.