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2450

Overview

Stella Ting-Toomey is affiliated with California State University, Fullerton in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the social sciences, focusing primarily on sociology, political science, social psychology, and health.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Conflict Management and Negotiation
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Religion and Society Interactions

Stella Ting-Toomey has published in notable academic venues, such as:

  • Negotiation and Conflict Management Research
  • The Journal of Communication and Religion

Two recent papers illustrate the scope of their research topics. The 2020 paper titled "Understanding Intergroup Conflict Complexity: An Application of the Socioecological Framework and the Integrative Identity Negotiation Theory" was published in Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. Another paper, published in 2022 in The Journal of Communication and Religion, is titled "If You Were a Good Christian...".

Collaborations feature prominently in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tenzin Dorjee
  • Arielle Leonard

Their research integrates multiple subfields, predominantly sociology and political science, along with contributions in social psychology and health. This interdisciplinary approach reflects the complexity of topics like conflict negotiation, social identity, and religion's role in society.

Best Publications

  • The Influence of Cultural Individualism-Collectivism, Self Construals, and Individual Values on Communication Styles Across Cultures

    William B. Gudykunst;Yuko Matsumoto;Stella Ting-Toomey;Tsukasa Nishida

  • Culture and interpersonal communication

    Stella Ting-Toomey;Elizabeth Chua;William B. Gudykunst

  • Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively

    Stella Ting-Toomey;John G. Oetzel

  • Facework competence in intercultural conflict: an updated face-negotiation theory

    Stella Ting-toomey;Atsuko Kurogi

  • Face Concerns in Interpersonal Conflict A Cross-Cultural Empirical Test of the Face Negotiation Theory

    John G. Oetzel;Stella Ting-Toomey

  • CULTURE, FACE MAINTENANCE, AND STYLES OF HANDLING INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT: A STUDY IN FIVE CULTURES

    Stella Ting‐Toomey;Ge Gao;Paula Trubisky;Zhizhong Yang

  • Ethnic/cultural identity salience and conflict styles in four US ethnic groups

    Stella Ting-Toomey;Kimberlie K Yee-Jung;Robin B Shapiro;Wintilo Garcia

  • Face and facework in conflict: a cross-cultural comparison of China, Germany, Japan, and the United States

    John Oetzel;Stella Ting-Toomey;Tomoko Masumoto;Yumiko Yokochi

  • The influence of individualism-collectivism and self-monitoring on conflict styles

    Paula Trubisky;Stella Ting-Toomey;Sung-Ling Lin

  • Communicating effectively with the Chinese

    Go Gao;Stella Ting-Toomey

  • Communication in personal relationships across cultures

    William B. Gudykunst;Stella Ting-Toomey;司 西田

  • Culture and Affective Communication

    William B. Gudykunst;Stella Ting-Toomey

  • Chinese communication processes.

    Ge Gao;Stella Ting-Toomey;William B. Gudykunst

  • Understanding Intercultural Communication

    Stella Ting-Toomey;Leeva C. Chung

  • Self‐construal types and conflict management styles

    Stella Ting‐Toomey;John G. Oetzel;Kimberlie Yee‐Jung

  • The challenge of facework : cross-cultural and interpersonal issues

    Stella Ting-Toomey

  • The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

    John G. Oetzel;Stella Ting-Toomey;Bibiana Arcos;Phola Mabizela

  • A typology of facework behaviors in conflicts with best friends and relative strangers

    John G. Oetzel;Stella Ting‐Toomey;Yumiko Yokochi;Tomoko Masumoto

  • Identity negotiation theory: Crossing cultural boundaries.

    Stella Ting-Toomey

  • Facework in Japan and the United States

    Beth-Ann K. Cocroft;Stella Ting-Toomey

  • Cross-Cultural Interpersonal Communication

    Stella Ting-Toomey;Felipe Korzenny

Frequent Co-Authors

John G. Oetzel
John G. Oetzel University of Waikato
William B. Gudykunst
William B. Gudykunst California State University, Fullerton

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