Contact Information
702 S Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801
Research Areas
Biography
JOHN LAMMERS, Ph.D. (jclammer@illinois.edu) is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he helped to found the Health Communication Online Masters of Science Program (HCOM). He teaches courses in Health Communication and Organizational Communication. His research focuses on the role of institutions in organizational life. Currently he is studying the emergence of medical scribes as a professional role in health care.
Research Interests
Institutional Theory
Communication in Health Organizations
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University (1983-1985)
Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Davis (1983)
M.A., Sociology, University of California, Davis (1979)
B.A., Psychology, California State University, Humboldt (1977)
Courses Taught
Advanced Organizational Communication (CMN 412)
Communication in Health Organizations (CMN 463)
Seminar in Organizational Communication (CMN 529)
Communication in Health Organizations, Professions, and Policy (CMN507)
Recent Publications
Atouba, Y. C., & Lammers, J. C. (2020). Examining the relationships between participative organisational communication practices and burnout among IT professionals. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 31(7-8), 814-828. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2018.1447367
Atouba, Y. C., Carlson, E. J., & Lammers, J. C. (2019). Directives and Dialogue: Examining the Relationship Between Participative Organizational Communication Practices and Organizational Identification Among IT Workers. International Journal of Business Communication, 56(4), 530-559. [232948841667243]. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488416672430
Carlson, E. J., Poole, M. S., Lambert, N. J., & Lammers, J. C. (2017). A Study of Organizational Reponses to Dilemmas in Interorganizational Emergency Management. Communication Research, 44(2), 287-315. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650215621775
Lammers, J. C., & Garcia, M. A. (2017). Institutional Theory Approaches. In C. R. Scott, J. R. Barker, T. Kuhn, J. Keyton, P. K. Turner, & L. K. Lewis (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication (pp. 1-10). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118955567.wbieoc113
Lammers, J. C., Lambert, N. J., Abendschein, B., Reynolds-tylus, T., & Varava, K. A. (2016). Expertise in Context. In J. W. Treem, & P. M. Leonardi (Eds.), Expertise, Communication, and Organizing (pp. 145-167). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198739227.003.0008