The link between leadership style, communicator competence, and
employee satisfaction.
The current study examined the influence of supervisor communicator
competence and leadership style on employee job and communication
satisfaction. Participants were 220 individuals (116 men and . . .
The Indian call center experience: a case study in changing
discourses of identity, identification, and career in a global
conte
This study examines the processes by which workers in a particular
Indian call center located in Kolkata expanded on, negotiated, and chose
among an array of possible, especially new, identities . . .
Signaling corporate strategy in IPO communication: a study of
biotechnology IPOs on the NASDAQ.(Report)
A clear corporate strategy communication can be a signal to
financial analysts and public investors at the time of an initial public
offering (IPO). This study examines IPO prospectuses of 57 . . .
Beautiful Evidence.(Book review)
Beautiful Evidence, by Edward Tufte. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press
LLC, 2006. 213 pp. DOI: 10.1177/0021943607306139
Beautiful Evidence is Edward Tufte's fourth and latest book
and both follows and . . .
The impact of perceptions of journal quality on business and
management communication academics.(COMMENTARY)
This commentary describes and critiques criteria that, according to
results from an Association for Business Communication (ABC) member
survey, are having an impact on quality judgments about our . . .
A hegemonic model of crisis communication: truthfulness and
repercussions for free speech in Kasky v. Nike.(Report)
This study utilizes the hegemonic model of crisis communication to
critically analyze the ideological implications of Nike's sweatshop
labor crisis that culminated in the Kasky v. Nike court case. . . .
Genre patterns in language-based communication
zones.(Report)
This article modifies and elaborates the language-based
communication zones model. The authors distinguish between potential
zones and activated zones, add MegaZone Two and MegaZone Three to . . .
Sensemaking and identity: the interconnection of storytelling and
networking in a women's group of a large corporation.(Case
stu
Based on the action research model of inquiry, this article is an
interpretive ethnographic case study, exploring the power of narratives
as a sensemaking device for members of a women's resource . . .
The Rhetoric of Risk: Technical Documentation in Hazardous
Environments.(Book review)
The Rhetoric of Risk: Technical Documentation in Hazardous
Environments, by Beverly Sauer. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.335
pp. DOI: 10.1177/0021943607301345
In January 2006, four separate . . .
How can we make our research more relevant? Bridging the gap
between workplace changes and business communication research.
Some management scholars argue that academic literature is becoming
less and less relevant to practicing managers. Thomas posits that the
same will be true for business communication if scholars do . . .
Language matters in global communication: article based on ORA
lecture, October 2006.
In the past few decades, it has become widely accepted that the
lingua franca of international business is English; witness the way
companies increasingly choose English as their official . . .
Papers by the corecipients of ABC's Kitty O. Locker
Outstanding Researcher Award: presented at the 2006 Association for
Business
At the plenary session for the 71st annual convention of the
Association for Business Communication (ABC) in San Antonio, Texas, the
organization gathered to hear addresses by the corecipients of . . .
Evolution of corporate homepages: 1996 to 2006.(Company
overview)
This study compares samples of corporate homepages gathered in 1996
and 1997 with homepages of the same sites gathered in 2006. Based on the
example of the evolution of typography following the . . .
Reconceptualizing cultural identity and its role in intercultural
business communication.
To complement past emphasis on understanding other cultures, the
field of intercultural business communication needs a stronger focus on
understanding oneself Cultural identity is an individual's . . .
2007 conference calendar.(Calendar)
2007 CONFERENCE CALENDAR
Conference Location Program Chair
Southwestern Town and Country Resort Carolyn Ashe
U.S. San Diego, California . . .
Critical Power Tools: Technical Communication and Cultural
Studies.(Book review)
Critical Power Tools: Technical Communication and Cultural Studies,
by J. Blake Scott, Bernadette Longo, and Katherine V. Wills (Eds.).
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006. 293 pp. . . .
Necessary evils, (in)justice, and rapport management.
Building from K. S. Campbell White, and Johnson's 2003 model
of rapport management, the authors explain how employee perceptions of
justice and emotional responses of anger may result from . . .
E-mail recipients' impressions of senders' likability:
the interactive effect of nonverbal cues and recipients'
personality.
Although e-mail recipients rely on nonverbal cues to form
impressions of senders, relatively little is known about specific
contextual factors that may influence sender perceptions . . .
Language use during school board meetings: understanding
controversies of and about communication.
Governing boards serve an important policy-making function in
for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental sectors. Boards may consist of
members from diverse backgrounds whose only common tie is . . .
2007 conference calendar.
2007 CONFERENCE CALENDAR
Conference Location Program Chair
ABC Southwest Town and Country Resort Carolyn Ashe
US San Diego, California ashec@uhd.edu
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