This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with the following topics: (1) confrontation between public school teachers and their employers, (2) President Jimmy Carter's communication with the black electorate, (3) public communication channels regarding school closings, (4) factors in school principals' decision making, (5) informal communications in agricultural research, (6) negotiation competence, (7) leadership theory in decision making groups, (8) group interactions during a teachers' strike, (9) communication between boards of education and certified staff, (10) the relationship between hospital communication and physician commitment, (11) communication between Army Procurement Office supervisors and subordinates, (12) physician and widow communication, (13) relationships among principal learning and communication styles and teacher learning styles, (14) human relations training influences on adult communications in a hospital setting, (15) successful superintendent to principal communications, (16) police-media relations, (17) verbal interaction in supervision, (18) rhetorical sensitivity in decision making groups, and (19) the communications of the faculty of a multicampus university. (CRH)