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This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Rebecca Leach and colleagues explored compassion among coworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective wa ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Integral analyzed the current state of the U.S. workplace and how employees feel about it. An online survey of 2,004 f ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center The Survey Center on American Life analyzed how Americans’ work plays a role in their self identity and explored whet ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Yufan Sunny Qin and colleagues researched how CEO vision communication can influence employee engagement and, in tu ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center The public relations discipline has made great strides in advancing internal public relations scholarship and the antec ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Hilke Steenkamp and Dr. Ganga Dhanesh examined strategies used by organizations to maintain relationships with empl ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center and the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion based on the original study Dr. Maira Ezerins and colleagues ex ... more
THIS IS AN IPR SIGNATURE STUDY Download Full Report: IPR Top 15 Insights of 2023 Introduction: The Institute for Public Relations synthesized the top research studies from 2023 that we think communica ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Mental Health America studied the state of employees’ mental health and well-being in the U.S. and analyzed best pra ... more
As the world becomes increasingly polarized and experiences turmoil, scholars have envisioned different ways that public relations can contribute to the common good. For example, Shen and Jiang (2021) ... more
This roundtable discussion is provided by the IPR Behavioral Insights Research Center & IPR Digital Media Research Center Members of the IPR Digital Media Research Center (DMRC) and the IPR Beh ... more
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Shan Xu and colleagues examined the adoption attitudes of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace over time. ... more