Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 23 Issue 1

The role of trust in investor relations: a conceptual framework

Nadine Strauß

The purpose of this paper is to develop a synthesis for investor relations (IR) research on how to understand, conceptualize and build trust relationships between companies and…

Comprehending CSR messages: applying the elaboration likelihood model

Nicholas Browning, Osenkor Gogo, Marvin Kimmel

Using the elaboration likelihood model as a framework, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of cause involvement, ability to process, and motivation to process…

Workgroup diversity: Surface-level actual similarity and deep-level perceived similarity in leader-member relationship communication

Hassan Abu Bakar, Robert M. McCann

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether surface-level actual similarity interacts with leader-member dyadic communication agreement in predicting group member performance…

Voice of the management or employee advocate? How editors of employee magazines see their professional role

Thomas Koch, Jana Vogel, Nora Denner, Sarah Encarnacao

Editors of employee magazines work in a grey area between public relations and journalism. On the one hand, they need to accommodate the company management’s interest in a…

Employee social-mediated crisis communication as opportunity or threat?

Marcus Opitz, Vidhi Chaudhri, Yijing Wang

Defending their employer on LinkedIn or attacking their organization on Twitter: a ubiquitous social-mediated environment allows employees of crisis-stricken organizations to…

How the public and public relations professionals interpret leadership in Spain: Results from the ComGap study

Angeles Moreno, Cristina Navarro, Mariam Alkazemi

The purpose of this paper is to compare the perspectives of public relations professionals against those of the general public in Spain with respect to which communications…

Examining effects of internal public relations practices on organizational social capital in the Korean context: Mediating roles of employee-organization relationships

Daewook Kim

The purpose of this paper is to explore how internal public relations practices (e.g. internal communication and relationship management strategies) enhance employees’…

Stakeholder responses toward fast food chains’ CSR: Public health-related vs generic social issue-related CSR initiatives

Yeonsoo Kim, Mari Luz Zapata Ramos

The purpose of this paper is to examine how stakeholders perceive the motives behind fast food companies’ public health-related corporate social responsibility (CSR) and general…

Activism, prosocial public relations and negotiation: the case of St Vincent de Paul

Kathryn J. Brooks, Robert I. Wakefield, Kenneth D. Plowman

The purpose of this paper is to explore the propositions of activism and prosocial public relations that an organization will engage in non-confrontational (prosocial) public…