MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION MEASUREMENT A Call for Review and Evaluation Research Instrument: THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT PROJECT APPROPRIATE CRITERIA FOR INSTRUMENT EVALUATION BASIC CRITERIA RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT VALIDITY ASSESSMENT THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT SECTION PURPOSES OF THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENT SECTION GUIDE FOR PREPARATION OF RESEARCH INSTRUMENT MANUSCRIPTS CONCLUSIONS NOTE REFERENCES

This article is a discussion of the Research Instrument Section of McQ. It traces the history of instrumentation within the organizational communication Inerature and includes a guide for the preparation of manuscripts. While this article reflects an organizational communication perspective, the editors of McQ intend for the Research Instrument Section to become a forurn for discussion of instruments related to managerial writing, managerial presentations, interpersonal communication in organizations, organizational communication, or external communication