Jennifer Butler Ellis
Communication Center Director
Professor of Practice
Accounting and Information Systems
Phone: (517) 353-8642
Email: ellisj@bus.msu.edu
PhD Michigan State University, 2001
Vita
Course
- ACC 480: Accounting Business Communication Skills in Organizations
Spring
- 875: Communication Leadership Skills in Organizations
fall & summer
Research interests/Areas of expertise
- Organizational communication; memorable messages; psychological contracts; voice and silence in organizations, organizational citizenship behavior; leadership; and training and development
Bio(s)
- Dr. Jennifer Butler Ellis specializes in organizational and interpersonal communication. Over the last twelve years, Jennifer has taught courses in public speaking, organizational communication, leadership, small group communication, and interpersonal communication. Her research interests include employee-employer psychological contracts, voice and silence in organizations, and memorable messages in both the interpersonal and organizational context.
Articles
- Heisler, J. M. & Ellis, J. B.. (forthcoming). Motherhood and the construction of "mommy identity:" Messages about motherhood and face negotiation. Communication Quarterly
- Ellis, J. B.. (2007 May). Psychological contracts: Does work status affect perceptions of making and keeping promises?. Management Communication Quarterly 20: 4. 335-362.
- Ellis, J. B., & Smith, S. W.. (2004 March). Memorable Messages as Guides to Self-Assessment of Behavior: A replication and extension diary study. Communication Monographs 71: 1. 97-119.
- Smith, S. W., & Ellis, J. B.. (2001 June). Memorable Messages as Guides to Self-Assessment of Behavior: An initial investigation. Communication Monographs 68: 2. 154-168.
- Smith, S. W., Ellis, J. B., & Yoo, H.. (2001 December). Memorable Messages as Guides to Self-Assessment of Behavior: The role of instrumental values. Communication Monographs 68: 4. 325-339.
- Ellis, J. B., & Wittenbaum, G. M.. (2000 December). Relationships Between Self-Construal and Verbal Promotion. Communication Research 27: 704-722.
In Collection
- Ellis, J. B. & VanDyne, L.. (forthcoming). "Voice and silence as observer reactions to defensive voice: Predictions based on Communication Competence theory". In J. Greenberg, M. Edwards, & C. Brinsfield (ed.) Voice and silence in organizations Elsevier.
- Van Dyne, L. & Ellis, J. B.. (2004). "Job Creep: A reactance theory perspective on organizational citizenship behavior as over-fulfillment of obligations". In J.C. Shapiro, L. Shore, S. Taylor, & L. Tetrick (ed.) The Employment Relationship: Examining Psychological and Contextual Perspectives Oxford Press.