To examine the relationship between unwillingness to communicate and quality of organizational relationships 200 employees of several organizations completed the Unwillingness to Communicate Scale and the Organizational Communication Relationships subscale of the International Communication Association Audit. Correlations indicated that people who reported increased communication and high reward in communication also reported greater relational satisfaction and greater perceived organizational influence.
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