John C. Lammers
Contact Information
Office: 232 Communication
Telephone: (217) 333-8912
Email: jclammer@illinois.edu
Associate Professor
Director of Master's Program in Applied Communication
Bio
Professor Lammers’ research bridges interests in organizational communication and health communication by studying communication in health care organizations, including hospital teams, managed care practices, surgical teams, and public health organizations. Recent projects have examined the role of professionalism in health organizations as an example of institutional influences in organizational life. He teaches courses on organizational communication, health communication, and leadership. He is currently working to extend the institutional theory of organizational communication beyond health organizations.
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
- Organizational communication, health communication, work teams in health care settings, leadership and communication in public health care.
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Selected Publications
Lammers, J. C., & Barbour, J. B. (2009). Exploring the institutional context of physicians’ work: Professional and organizational differences in physician satisfaction. In D. Goldsmith & D. Brashers (Eds.). Managing Health and Illness: Communication, Relationships, and Identity. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.
Lammers, J. C. (2009). Institutional theories of organizational communication. In S. W. Littlejohn & K. A. Foss, (Eds.). The Sage Encyclopedia of Communication Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Lammers, J. C., & Garcia, M. (2009). Exploring the concept of 'profession' for organizational communication research: Institutional influences in a veterinary organization. Management Communication Quarterly, 22, 357-384.
Barbour, J. B., & Lammers, J. C. (2007). Health Care Institutions, Medical Organizing, and Physicians: A Multilevel Analysis. Management Communication Quarterly 21, 201-231.
Lammers, J. C., & Barbour, J. B. (2006). An institutional theory of organizational communication. Communication Theory, 16, 356–377.