IPR Board Member Christopher Graves leverages the day-to-day challenges faced by internal and external communicators and what can be learned from the vaccine wars. This article first appeared in the Harvard
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IPR’s Director of Research Dr. Sarab Kochhar worked together with the IPR Board of Trustees to compile the Top 10 Research Insights of 2014.
For the first annual edition of the Top Ten Research Ins
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With each discussion around ‘Big Data’, the term gets redefined and its importance in business processes and outcome reaffirmed each time. But this blog post is neither to define what Big Data is nor to recognize the importance of Big Data in the business world. My post summarizes a recent study of Big Data practitioners
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In a recent post on IPR’s LinkedIn Forum, Forrest Anderson, Independent Consultant and founding member of IPR’s Measurement Commis
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This is a blog post sponsored by the Social Science for Social Media Research Center at the Institute for Public Relations.
Toward the end of 2014, I had the opportunity to spend a week with Asif Khan, founder and president of the L
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I’ve been a long-time proponent of business education for public relations majors, and this year I took the ultimate dive and became an MBA student myself. That’s right: In addition to chairing Communication Studies at SMU, I’m also an Executive MBA candidate in our Cox School of Business. Why would I do such a
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As the public relations industry evolves, the need for greater business acumen among professionals working in all levels of the field – not just the chief communication officer (CCO) or agency CEO – has never been more important. To be a strategic partner to the C-suite and clients requires an in
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What is the impact of media coverage of an organization on its employees? Does the impact increase at the time of an organizational crisis? Recent research shows that employees are affected by media coverage on a critical issue about their employer and the effects may vary based on three factors.
Interviews of employees from 14 different
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Does ethical leadership communication engage employees?
The simple answer is—YES! But how? Leadership is a nested influence in an organization that affects organizational culture, structures, communication climates, systems, and the attitudes and behaviors of empl
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Experience IPR’s Trustees Research Symposium and 53rd Distinguished Lecture & Awards dinner through the eyes of social media. Our attendees featured relevant research findings from presentations on employee communication; megatrends of future crises; public relations and neuroscience; and the global challenges for communication leaders. ...
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