Authored by
Nici Ploeger-Lyons
Title

Nici Ploeger-Lyons, Ph.D.

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she/her
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Associate Professor

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Hours
Fall 2024:
Mondays 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.; Wednesdays 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., and by appointment
Education

Education

Ph.D., Organizational Communication, University of Oklahoma

M.A., Communication, University of Oklahoma

B.A., Corporate Communication, University of Central Oklahoma

 

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching and Research Interests

Business Presentations

Workplace Relationships

Organizational Ethics

Published Research

Published Research

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., & Bisel, R. S. (2023). Confronting idea stealers in the workplace: The unfortunate moral credentialing granted to power holders. International Journal of Business Communication, 60(4), 1123-1147. (Published OnlineFirst, 2021).

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., Butler, J. A., & Modaff, D. P. (2022). The roles of hierarchical and relational closeness in confrontations about idea stealing. Ohio Communication Journal, 60, 1-15.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., & Butler, J. A. (2022). Investing in equity: Starbucks's challenges and responses to advancing racial equity. International Journal of Instructional Cases.

Bi, D., & Ploeger-Lyons, N. A. (2022). (Un)wanted and (un)sought services: Exploring the funeral industry positivity and rural funeral directors' destigmatization. Communication Studies.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., & Keyton, J. (2021). Work processes in teams: How do we communicate to do work? In S. B. Beck, J. Keyton, & M. S. Poole (Eds.), The Emerald handbook of group communication. Emerald.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., & Butler, J. A. (2021). Pervasive sexual harassment at McDonald’s: A timeline of struggles to “do the right thing.” The International Journal of Instructional Cases, 5. http://www.ijicases.com/search/pervasive_sexism_case/

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., & Ormes, G. (2020). Socializing with coworkers about wrongdoing at the annual company barbeque. In R. S. Bisel & M. W. Kramer (Eds.), Case studies in organizational communication: A lifespan approach. Oxford.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A. (2018). Developing a team contract as a means to understand, apply, and reify small group communication concepts. In J. S. Seiter, J. Peeples, & M. L. Sanders (Eds.), Communication in the classroom: A collection of G.I.F.T.S. (pp. 291-295). Bedford/St. Martin's.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. A., & Kelley, K. M. (2017). Coworker communication. In C. R. Scott & L. Lewis (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of organizational communication (pp. 545-559). Jon Wiley & Sons.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. (2017). t-test, independent samples. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1789-1790). SAGE.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. (2017). t-test, one sample. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1791-1792). SAGE.

Ploeger-Lyons, N. (2017). t-test, paired samples. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods (pp. 1794-1795). SAGE.

Ploeger, N. A., & Bisel, R. S. (2013). The role of identification in giving sense to unethical organizational behavior: Defending the organization. Management Communication Quarterly, 27, 155-183. doi: 10.1177/0893318912469770

Ploeger, N. A., Kelley, K. M., & Bisel, R. S. (2011). Hierarchical mum effect: A new investigation of organizational ethics. Southern Communication Journal, 76, 465- 481.

Bisel, R. S., Kelley, K. M., Ploeger, N. A., & Messersmith, J. (2011). Workers’ moral mum effect: On facework and unethical behavior in the workplace. Communication Studies, 62, 153-170.