Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 25 Issue 2

Predicting abandonment of brand social media accounts

W. Scott Sanders, Karen Freberg

The purpose of this study is to describe online factors that predict abandonment of social media accounts.

Communicative action and supportive behaviors for environmental CSR practices: an attitude-based segmentation approach

Jo-Yun Li, Holly Overton, Nandini Bhalla

While the segmentation approach has been frequently employed to explore individuals' environment-friendly behaviors, the investigation of environmental corporate social…

Top management's communication in economic crisis and the firm's subsequent performance: sentiment analysis approach

Supavich (Fone) Pengnate, Derek G. Lehmberg, Chanchai Tangpong

In economic crisis, where tensions create anxiety and test the emotions of the firms' shareholders, communication from top management is very crucial as it provides the reflection…

Ethical leadership and organizational cynicism: the mediating role of leader-member exchange and organizational identification

Yuxia Qian, Guowei Jian

This study aims to construct and empirically test a theoretical model of a mediated relationship between ethical leadership and organizational cynicism.

Strategic communication practices by consultants in Colombia

Angela Preciado-Hoyos

The purpose of this study is to determine the perception of communication and PR agency directors in Colombia regarding strategic communication and its relationship with…

Market reactions to CSR news in different industries

Andrea Pérez, María del Mar García de los Salmones, Carlos López-Gutiérrez

Based on the premises of the institutional theory, in this paper, we explore the effects that the media coverage of positive and negative Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR…

Employee engagement in generating ideas on internal social media: A matter of meaningfulness, safety and availability

Helle Eskesen Gode, Winni Johansen, Christa Thomsen

The purpose of this paper is to explore employees’ perceptions of enablers and barriers to engage in multi-vocal dialogues about ideas (ideation) on internal social media (ISM…

How communication climate and organizational identification impact change

Marlene S. Neill, Linjuan Rita Men, Cen April Yue

The purpose of this paper is to examine why and how an open and participative communication climate matters for employee organizational identification and their change-specific…

Effects of CSR initiatives on company perceptions among Millennial and Gen Z consumers

Seoyeon Kim, Lucinda Austin

The purpose of this paper is to examine Millennial consumers’ responses to two corporate social initiative types – socially responsible business practices and corporate…

Negative disclosures in corporate social responsibility reporting

Sabine A. Einwiller, Craig E. Carroll

This study aims to reveal the quantity, quality and cultural differences of negative corporate social performance (CSP) disclosures in large firms' corporate social responsibility…

Embracing evaluation theory to overcome “stasis”: Informing standards, impact and methodology

Jim Macnamara

This paper aims to explore the evaluation theory in a field closely related to corporate communication and public relations (PR) as well as in other disciplines and argues that…