Connectedness and Communication: Does the communication received from a supervisor increase feelings of belonging to an organization?

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Walkey, Sara

• The feeling of belonging is vital to a person’s livelihood, even at work. Social identity theory proposes that a person’s sense of who they are depends on the groups to which they belong. An individual does not just have a personal selfhood, but multiple selves and identities associated with their affiliated groups, one of course being who they work for. Equivalently, the amount of communication within an organization is also fundamental to its success. However, there is minimal literature associating the amount and type of communication within an organization to how connected employees feel. Therefore, this study details a survey given to employees within the City of Camrose and then by uses a cross-sectional study design to determine if there is a positive correlation between the amounts and types of communication from a supervisor to their employee and how connected to the organization the employee feels. Survey questions will identify amounts and types of communication as well as possible ways that employees feel connected to their workplace. By considering the possible connection between communication and belonging, my findings will provide insight on how we can learn to create an all-around better and more efficient workplace while simultaneously creating well-being in employees.

• Date created

  2019-08-18

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Belonging
  • Effective communication
  • Social identity theory
  • Communication
  • Municipality
  • Rich media theory
  • Connectedness

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-mm68-ht86

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International