This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center based on the original study. Dr. Jessica Vitak and Dr. Michael Zimmer examined employees’ attitudes toward workplace monitoring practices in the aftermath of the pandemic, where a wide range of technologies were used to track employees’ workplace communication, behaviors, and performance. Specifically, they studied … Continue reading How Do Employees View Workplace Surveillance?
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This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center based on the original study. Dr. April Cen Yue and Dr. Patrick Thelen studied how servant leadership (a style of leadership that prioritizes serving those within the organization over oneself and shows outward concern for others) influences employee perceptions of organizational reputation. To understand … Continue reading How Can Servant Leadership Empower Employees? →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Linjuan Rita Men, Dr. Yufan Sunny Qin, Renee Mitson, and Dr. Patrick Thelen studied how organizational diversity communication efforts and employees’ cultural intelligence contributed to an inclusive organizational climate and enhanced employee engagement. Furthermore, they examined the relationship between employees’ racial minority status and … Continue reading Does Diversity Communication and Cultural Intelligence Matter? →
This blog is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Surprisingly, the concept of employee monitoring has been around for centuries with some of the earliest versions of monitoring capturing the length of time an employee used for lunch or a bathroom break (The Economist, 2022). However, in recent years, the monitoring of employees … Continue reading How Will Employee Monitoring Impact Organizations? →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Ward van Zoonen and colleagues studied the effect of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on employees’ stress and workload outside regular work hours. Researchers specifically focused on visibility (the degree to which communication is visible and accessible to others) and persistence (the degree of permanence of the communication). A … Continue reading Does Frequent Communication Impact Employee Stress Outside of Work? →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Heewon Kim and colleagues examined how perceived qualities of change communication, organizational support, and supervisor support during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced young adult workers’ resilience and efficacy. An online survey among 293 South Korean young adult workers was conducted in July 2020. Key … Continue reading Fostering Young Adult Workers’ During COVID-19 Through Supervisor Support →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Jian Peng, Dr. Qi Nie, and Dr. Yucong Cheng examined how team abusive supervision created team distrust in the supervisor and eventually induced team behavioral resistance to organizational change. Researchers collected three-wave survey data from 124 teams in four organizations that were part … Continue reading Why do Teams Exhibit Behavioral Resistance to Change? Examining the Negative Impact of Team Abusive Supervision →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. Dr. Cornelia Wolf and colleagues conducted research on the role and need for strategic internal communication in startup environments. A review of 25 journal articles focused on strategic communication, business management, and entrepreneurship was conducted between January 2010 and June 2020. Semi-structured qualitative interviews … Continue reading The Role of Internal Communication in Start-ups: State of Research and Practical Approaches →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Dejun Tony Kong and Dr. Liuba Y. Belkin examined how the feeling of being neglected by employers could bring negative implications on employees’ organizational citizenship behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. A four-wave survey of 111 employees across 40 states in the United States … Continue reading How Feeling Neglected Impacts Employees’ Relationships and Feelings Toward Work →
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center Dr. Chuqing Dong, Dr. Yafei Zhang, and Dr. Song Ao investigated how an organization’s strategic communication on corporate social responsibility (CSR) can engage employees in CSR initiatives cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally. An online survey of 78 MBA students at a public university in the … Continue reading Engaging Employees in Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives through Strategic Communication →
Dr. Hongmei Shen and Dr. Chunbo Ren sought to define and establish disengagement as a unique concept. They also identified which factors drove disengagement and explored the behaviors through which it manifests. The study was motivated by the increasing global prevalence of employee disengagement and its detrimental effects on both organizational performance and culture. To … Continue reading Disengagement vs. Burnout: What is the Difference? →
This blog is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. My agency conducts the Integral Employee Activation Index study annually with The Harris Poll to understand employee mindset and behaviors. We just did a pulse check and the results stunned me. Employees’ expectations about the issues their employer takes a stand on changed drastically. … Continue reading Employees Concerns Beyond Job Creation and Well-being →