Toward a Strategic Perspective of Meeting Participation

Participation in meetings is a multifaceted process. Meeting members must consider individual and meeting goals when creating their messages, as well as a host of other context and resource factors. The purpose of this essay is to create a framework through which to consider meeting member contributions. Pulling from literature in impression management, resource conservation, and meeting science, the essay introduces a strategic perspective of meeting participation and categorizes five meeting participation types. Implications of this perspective on future meeting research are considered.