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Stephen Cox
Chair,
Department of Organizational Communication
312 Wilson Hall
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071
Ph.: (270) 809-4483
Fax: (270) 809-4484
Email: Dept. of Org. Comm.

Stephen Cox

Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Communication
Office Telephone: 270-809-4463

Education:

B.A. Western Kentucky University, 1989
M.A. Western Kentucky University, 1990
Ph.D. University of Missouri, 1996

Academic Teaching and Research Interests:

Organizational communication, managerial communication, small group communication, and research methods. Research interests include employee turnover, innovation, and communication administration.

Recent Publications or Professional Presentations:

Cox, S. and Todd, T. (2005). Reorganizing academics: A descriptive treatise on the creation of a department of Organizational Communication and its collegiate affiliation within a College of Business. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 24, 145-156.
Cox, S.A. (2005, January) “Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Managing Employee Turnover and Retention in Nonprofits” A paper presented to the American Humanics Management Institute annual meeting, Atlanta.
Cox, S.A. (2004). Research: Building the foundation of your presentation. In R.M. Bokeno, E.C. Brewer, W.D. Cole, C.R.C. Coleman, S.A. Cox, C.P. Duffy, S.D. Lidzy, B.K. Malinauskas, & L.D. Tillson’s, A manner of speaking: Successful presentations for work and life (pp. 48-79). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Cox, S.A., & Moode, M.S. (2004, November). Communication Strategies Managers Use to Initiate the Creation of Innovations by Employees. A paper presented to the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago.
Cox, S.A. & Todd, T.S. (2001). Contrasting the relationships between teacher immediacy, teacher credibility, and student motivation in self-contained and mass-lecture courses. In D.D. Sellnow (Ed.), Basic Communication Course Annual 13 (pp. 23-45). Boston, MA: American Press.
Cox, S.A. (2001, April). Predictors of Job Satisfaction and the Comparison Level of Alternatives: Supervisor Communication, LMX, Coworker Communication, and Freedom to Communicate. “Top Paper” in Organizational and Professional Communication presented at the Central States Communication Association annual meeting, Cincinnati.
Cox, S.A. (2000). Institutional shareholder activism: The storm that cleaned out the boardroom. Kentucky Journal of Communication, 19, 137-154.
Todd, T.S., Tillson, L.D., Cox, S.A., & Malinauskas, B. (2000). Assessing the perceived effectiveness of the basic communication course: An examination of the mass-lecture versus the self-contained format. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 29, 185-195.
Cox, S.A., & Edwards, J.W. (2000). Communication traits of emergent leaders: Cognitive complexity and communication apprehension in small groups. Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication Joint Regional Conference, 79-90.