Communication through Content: Student Perceptions of Faculty Offices

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dc.contributor.advisorOsborne, Randall E.
dc.contributor.authorBoettcher, Melissa Marie
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-08T20:10:26Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:09:46Z
dc.date.issued2006-08
dc.description.abstractThe messages that are communicated nonverbally by the objects present in and general status of a professor's office space were investigated. Students viewed photographs of male and female faculty owned offices with varying degrees of clutter, and rated office attractiveness and professor personality. In addition, these same faculty rated their own personality and comparisons between student perceptions of faculty personality and faculty self-ratings were made. Cluttered offices were rated as less attractive than clean offices. Professors rated themselves high on extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, whereas students rated professors significantly low on these traits; students were able to accurately rate openness traits. Male raters were more accurate at guessing the sex of the office owner than female raters.
dc.description.departmentPsychology
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dc.format.extent112 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationBoettcher, M. M. (2006). Communication through content: Student perceptions of faculty offices (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3183
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectprofessor's office
dc.subjectoffice design
dc.subjectnonverbal communication
dc.subjectinterior design
dc.subjectstudent perceptions
dc.subjectfaculty office design
dc.titleCommunication through Content: Student Perceptions of Faculty Offices
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos

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