Defensive Communication

Journal Article Defensive Communication Get access Jack R. Gibb Jack R. Gibb 1Dr. Gibb (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1943) is at present a private consultant to a number of national organizations. He was Professor of Psychology at The University of Colorado, and he served on the faculties of Stanford University, Michigan State University, and Brigham Young University. He has been Director of Research for the National Training Laboratories and Vice President for Research of the Society for Advancement of Management. During the period between 1953 and 1961 he directed a series of experimental and field studies designed to investigate the arousal and maintenance of defensive behavior in small groups. These studies were financed by a series of grants from the Group Psychology Branch of the Office of Naval Research Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 1961, Pages 141–148, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1961.tb00344.x Published: 07 February 2006