HSV130 Interviewing and Interpersonal Communication

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HSV130 Interviewing and Interpersonal
Communication

• Spring Semester, 2009
• Jim Wilwerding, M.Div., MA, LMHC,CADC, NCC

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The Essential Elements of Interviews

• Interactional
• Exchanging/sharing of roles, responsibilities,
  feelings, beliefs, motives, and information.
• Process
• Dynamic, continuing, ever-changing interaction of
  variables

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The Essential Elements of Interviews

• Parties
• Regardless of the number of people involved,
  interviews always involve two Parties
• Interviewing is a Dyadic process
• Purpose
• Predetermined and serious purpose distinguishes
  an interview from social conversation.

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The Essential Elements of Interviews

• Questions
• Asking and answering questions are part of all
  interviews
• Various types of questions serve particular
  purposes for both the interviewer and the
  interviewee

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Interview

• An interview is an interactional communication
  process between two parties, at least one of whom
  has a predetermined and serious purpose, that
  involves the asking and answering of questions.

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Relational Communication

• Relationship is inherent in this definition of
  interviewing due to the interactional and dyadic
  elements of intervies
• Intimate relationships
• Casual relationships
• Distant/Formal relationships

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Dimensions of Relationships

• Similarity
• Inclusion/Involvement
• Affection
• Control
• Trust

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Cultural and Gender Differences in Relationships

• Cultures view relationships differently
• U.S.numerous friendly, informal relationships
  with focus on looks, create and discard
  relationships frequently
• Arabdevelop relationships quickly but belief
  friends have a duty to help one another
• Chinesedevelop strong, long-term relationships
  and see them filled with obligations.

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Cultural and Gender Differences in Relationships

• Germandevelop relationships slowly due to
  importance of relationshipsmore formality for
  longer period of time in establishing a
  relationship
• Japaneseprefer not to interact with strangers or
  foreigners, take a long time to develop trust
• Australiandeeper, long-lasting commitments

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Cultural and Gender Differences in Relationships

• Gender differences
• Women use communication as a primary way of
  establishing relationships
• Men tend to use communication to exert control,
  preserve independence, and enhance status. (p. 9)

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Electronic Interviews

• Telephone
• Cell Phone
• Videoconference
• ICN
• Internet