Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 23 Issue 4

It’s about how employees feel! examining the impact of emotional culture on employee–organization relationships

Linjuan Rita Men, Katy L. Robinson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of emotional culture on the quality of employee–organization relationships (EORs). To understand the nuances of the influence of…

Reviewing corporate social responsibility communication: a legitimacy perspective

Anne Ellerup Nielsen, Christa Thomsen

The purpose of this paper is to answer the call for CSR communication research to develop and substantiate outcomes that may better explain CSR communication strategies and…

Internal, external, and media stakeholders’ evaluations during transgressions

Isabelle Koehler, Sascha Raithel

As crises are largely perceptual, the deeper the understanding is of how stakeholders perceive crisis situations, the more effectively corporations can target their crisis…

“Walking the environmental responsibility talk” in the automobile industry: An ethics case study of the Volkswagen environmental scandal

Chiara Valentini, Dean Kruckeberg

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the corporate behavior of Volkswagen in its emissions scandal. It describes and analyzes a complex ethics dilemma within the purview of…

“English is an unwritten rule here”: Non-formalised language policies in multinational corporations

Guro R. Sanden, Anne Kankaanranta

The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of corporate language policies that are implemented without formal decision-making processes.

Theoretical insights on integrated reporting: The inclusion of non-financial capitals in corporate disclosures

Mark Anthony Camilleri

Corporations and large entities are increasingly disclosing material information on their financial and non-financial capitals in integrated reports (IR). The rationale behind…

Relative leader-member relationships within group context: Linking group cooperation to perceived group performance

Hassan Abu Bakar, Leah M. Omilion-Hodges

Although the importance of group leader and group member dyadic relationships has been increasingly emphasized, only few studies have focused on the dyadic level analysis of…

When hierarchy becomes collaborative: Collaboration as sensemaking frame in high reliability organizing

Rebecca M. Rice

The purpose of this paper is to expand understandings of interorganizational collaboration among high reliability organizations (HROs). It proposes that HROs face unique needs for…

Participatory communication on internal social media – a dream or reality?: Findings from two exploratory studies of coworkers as communicators

Vibeke Thøis Madsen

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether internal social media (ISM) introduces a new kind of participatory communication within organizations that is capable of…

Examining public perceptions of CSR in sport

Joon Kyoung Kim, Holly Overton, Kevin Hull, Minhee Choi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the public views two corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives practiced by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. This study…

Are emojis fascinating brand value more than textual language? Mediating role of brand communication to SNS and brand attachment: An insight from India

Vikas Arya, Deepa Sethi, Hemraj Verma

The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship of consumers’ engagement on social networking sites (SNSs) and their brand attachment behavior in the presence of a…