This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 36 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) control theory, self-focus, and behavior in organizations; (2) relationships between communicator style and supervisory performance across functional categories; (3) chief executive officer communication in the American corporate environment; (4) the informal liaison structure in social networks within organizations; (5) needs assessment practices used in supervisory training programs of selected Forbes 500 organizations; (6) identification and analysis of organizational subgroups and their perspectives on humor in the work environment; (7) the development of an instrument for measuring information gathering processes of managers; (8) quality circle intervention; (9) the effect of faculty participation in the decision making process upon perceptions of organizational climate and job satisfaction; and (10) the development of a handbook for the establishment of on-site literacy programs in business and industry. (HOD)