Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 22 Issue 4

Editorial

Timothy Coombs

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) for ethical corporate identity management: Framing CSR as a tool for managing the CSR-luxury paradox online

Jia Yun Wong, Ganga Sasidharan Dhanesh

The purpose of this paper is to examine the framing and rhetorical devices employed by luxury brands to build CSR-based, ethical corporate identities while managing complexities…

Using Facebook efficiently: Assessing the impact of organizational Facebook activities on organizational reputation

Lan Ye, Yunjae Cheong

The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of Facebook in organizational reputation management by analyzing how efficiently the most reputable companies in the USA use…

Value co-production through external communication consulting

Helena Kantanen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the prerequisites of value co-production by a communication consultant and workshop participants during a communication improvement…

Instruments for organizational communication assessment for Japanese care facilities

Ikushi Yamaguchi

The purpose of this paper is to develop the measures required to assess organizational communication for Japanese organizations, specifically focusing on Japanese care facilities.

Quality reporting of corporate philanthropy

Carmen Valor, Grzegorz Zasuwa

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to outline a framework for corporate philanthropy (CP) reporting that could help differentiate between symbolic and substantive…

Strategic organizational discourse and framing in hypermodal spaces

Silvia Ravazzani, Carmen Daniela Maier

The purpose of this paper is to explore how organizations can strategically frame their legitimate perspective on a specific issue in order to gain salience and public support in…

News media coverage and initial public offerings in Germany: explaining flotation performance

Nadine Strauß, Toni G.L.A. van der Meer

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships of news media coverage and the performance of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Germany. The aim is to find out how…

Exploring the impacts of relationship on employees’ communicative behaviors during issue periods based on employee position

Yeunjae Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine different communicative behaviors employees engage in according to their position level and the impacts of relationship they perceive. By…

Top secret from the bottom up: Message classifications by non-state organizations and their members

Craig R. Scott, SoeYoon Choi

The emerging area of message classification is one of growing relevance to a wide range of organizational communicators as a variety of non-state organizations and their members…

Secrecy and communication: towards a research agenda

Ziyun Fan, Jana Costas, Chris Grey

The purpose of this paper is to identify possible lines of research relating to communication and secrecy.