Author(s), Title and Publication Mao, C. M., & DeAndrea, D. C. (2018). How anonymity and visibility affordances influence employees’ decisions about voicing workplace concerns. Management Communication Quarterly, 1-29. doi: 10.1177/0893318918813202 Summary Establishing proper communication channels so employees can voice suggestions may simultaneously curb organizational malpractices and increase employees’ organizational commitment and job satisfaction. The willingness … Continue reading How Anonymity and Visibility Affordances Influence Employees’ Decisions About Voicing Workplace Concerns
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This blog is presented by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. We’re all taking note of the fundamental changes occurring in technology, geopolitics and culture that are driving significant change for corporations today—how we collaborate, how we communicate, and even how our organizations are structured. Radical change has become so prevalent, we’ve had to come … Continue reading Nine Business Transformation Stats You Can’t Afford to Ignore in 2019 →
Recent research has shown that there’s a critical need for many communication professionals to convince executives and senior management of their capacity to deliver business value. This fact is highlighted in The Licence to Operate, the first installment of a new research brief series by IC Kollectif, which also reports that while an increasing number of … Continue reading How to Get the Coveted Licence to Operate →
Author(s), Title and Publication Kopaneva, I. M. (2019). Left in the dust: Employee constructions of mission and vision ownership. International Journal of Business Communication, 56(1), 122-145. doi: 10.1177/2329488415604457 Summary For more than four decades, organizational mission and vision have attracted a great deal of attention by scholars and practitioners. Mission is a statement of the organization’s … Continue reading Left in the Dust: Employee Constructions of Mission and Vision Ownership →
Author(s), Title and Publication Braun, S., Hernandez Bark, A., Kirchner, A., Stegmann, S., & Van Dick, R. (2015). Emails from the Boss—Curse or Blessing? Relations Between Communication Channels, Leader Evaluation, and Employees’ Attitudes. International Journal of Business Communication, 56(1), 50-81. doi: 10.1177/2329488415597516 Summary Leadership communication is crucial to organizational success as leaders use communication to convey … Continue reading Emails from the Boss—Curse or Blessing? →
Author(s), Title and Publication Wijaya, N. H. S. (2019). Proactive Personality, LMX, and Voice Behavior: Employee–Supervisor Sex (Dis) similarity as a Moderator. Management Communication Quarterly, 33(1), 86-100. doi: 10.1177/0893318918804890 Summary Employees’ voice behavior refers to employees’ verbal communication that usually challenges the status quo in order to enhance the work environment. Research suggests that employees’ voice behavior … Continue reading Proactive Personality, LMX, and Voice Behavior: Employee–Supervisor Sex (Dis)similarity as a Moderator →
This blog is presented by the Organizational Communication Research Center. Employees can be powerful voices on behalf of organizations. Whether it’s on social media or face-to-face, employees may humanize firms and help advance crucial relationships between firms and their various stakeholders. With industry experts having long argued that organizations should leverage their employees as advocates, … Continue reading Supporting Frontline Employees Who Are Organizational Advocates →
This blog is presented by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. Is self-reflection (SR) the difference between good and great leadership? Many studies support this idea, and our new research about SR among North American and Russian PR leaders provides evidence of its importance in the profession (Self-reflection Study). Self-awareness and reflection have long been … Continue reading Is Self-Reflection the Tipping Point for Leaders? →
Author(s), Title and Publication Luo, N., Guo, X., Lu, B., & Chen, G. (2018). Can non-work-related social media use benefit the company? A study on corporate blogging and affective organizational commitment. Computers in Human Behavior, 81, 84-92. doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.12.004 Summary Intra-organizational social media systems, such as corporate blogging, are increasingly implemented in companies. Although it is … Continue reading Can Non-Work-Related Social Media Use Benefit the Company? →
Author(s), Title and Publication Tajudeen, F. P., Jaafar, N. I., & Ainin, S. (2018). Understanding the impact of social media usage among organizations. Information & Management, 55(3), 308-321. doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2017.08.004 Summary Social media enables open communication, which helps organizations to understand customer needs and motivates them to respond proactively and efficiently to those needs. For any … Continue reading Understanding the Impact of Social Media Usage Among Organizations →
Author(s), Title and Publication van Zoonen, W., Bartels, J., van Prooijen, A.-M., Schouten, A. P. (2018). Explaining online ambassadorship behaviors on Facebook and LinkedIn. Computers in Human Behavior, 87, 354-362. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.031. Summary Through social media, employees can function as powerful brand ambassadors with everything they do and say online. The authors of the current study … Continue reading Explaining Online Ambassadorship Behaviors on Facebook and LinkedIn →
Author(s), Title and Publication Madsen, V. T. (2018). Participatory communication on internal social media–a dream or reality? Findings from two exploratory studies of coworkers as communicators. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 23(4), 614-628. doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-04-2018-0039 Summary Internal social media (ISM) has been recognized as a communication and information sharing opportunity where organizational members may not only … Continue reading Participatory Communication on Internal Social Media – a Dream or Reality? →