Determining how to best handle Wikipedia entries when you are in public relations remains challenging. Wikipedia articles continue to load at the top in search results as Wikipedia remains the sixth most popular website in the world. This makes it a site not to be ignored, and the impact of Wikipedia can be especially profound … Continue reading Rules for Wikipedia Editing for Public Relations
Monthly Archives: December 2013
“We are two years past the point where more than half of U.S. adults regularly use social networks,” wrote IPR President & CEO Frank Ovaitt in a recent PR News article. “Is it any wonder that, when they go to work, they feel they have entered a time warp if the employer doesn’t get the … Continue reading Social Media Starting to Become Legitimate Tool for Internal Relations [PR News] →
Topic: Leadership Communication Author(s), Title and PublicationWhitford, T. & Moss, S. A. (2009). Transformational Leadership in Distributed Work Groups: The Moderating Role of Follower Regulatory Focus and Goal Orientation. Communication Research, 36(6), 810-837. SummaryThis study investigated whether the benefits of transformational leadership apply when leaders and employees work at different locations. Transformational leaders strive to … Continue reading Transformational Leadership in Distributed Work Groups: The Moderating Role of Follower Regulatory Focus and Goal Orientation. →
Topic: Employee Communication Behavior and Organizational Change Author(s), Title and Publication Schwarz, G. M., Watson, B. M., & Callan, V. J. (2011). Talking up failure: How discourse can signal failure to change. Management Communication Quarterly, 25(2), 311-352. Summary This study explored how employees in different groups talked about technological change in their organization, and how … Continue reading Talking up failure: How discourse can signal failure to change →
Topic: Leadership Author(s), Title and PublicationRuderman, M. N.; Ohlott, P. J.; Panzer, K.; & King, S. N. (2002). Benefits of multiple roles for managerial women. Academy of Management Journal, 45(2), 369-386. SummaryThis article used two studies to examine the relationships between female managers’ multiple life roles and their psychological well-being and managerial skills. In study … Continue reading Benefits of Multiple Roles for Managerial Women →
Topic: Retention Author(s), Title and Publication Susskind, A. M. (2007). Downsizing Survivors’ Communication Networks and Reactions: A Longitudinal Examination of Information Flow and Turnover Intentions. Communication Research, 34(2), 156-184 Summary This study investigated surviving employees’ reactions to changes in their communication network (e.g., network centrality) in a downsizing event, and their intentions to leave. Network … Continue reading Downsizing Survivors’ Communication Networks and Reactions: A Longitudinal Examination of Information Flow and Turnover Intentions →
Topic: Supervisory Communication Author(s), Title and Publication Sager, K. L. (2008). An exploratory study of the relationships between theory X/Y assumptions and superior communicator style. Management Communication Quarterly, 22(2), 288-312. Summary This study explored whether supervisors’ attitudes and leadership behaviors toward their subordinates (theory X/Y) influence the way they communicate with them (communicator style model). … Continue reading An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Theory X/Y Assumptions and Superior Communicator Style →
Topic: Upward Communication and Feedback Seeking Author(s), Title and Publication de Stobbeleir, K. E. M., Ashford, S. J., & Buyens, D. (2011). Self-regulation of creativity at work: The role of feedback-seeking behavior in creative performance. Academy of Management Journal, 54(4), 811-831. Summary This study examined how employees use feedback seeking as a strategy to enhance … Continue reading Self-Regulation of Creativity at Work: The Role of Feedback-Seeking Behavior in Creative Performance →
I’m in the midst of a great pedagogical adventure. I’m teaching the language of business to public relations majors. I began my career as a financial analyst in the oil industry. When I later transitioned into public relations and studied it as a grad student, I noticed how my business background frequently put me in … Continue reading Teaching Business as a Second Language →
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) announced its 2014 leadership and newly elected trustees, with one out of five Board members now located outside the U.S. New trustees include Tim Baxter, head of corporate communications, Standard Chartered Bank; Tina McCorkindale, associate professor, Appalachian State University; Juan-Carlos Molleda, professor and interim chair, department … Continue reading IPR Expands Internationally, Names New Trustees and 2014 Leaders →