Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 28 Issue 5

Editorial: Virtual communication, organisational reputation and (mis)trust

Martina Topic

Pandemic messaging to connect or to sell? B2B messaging strategies on LinkedIn regarding COVID-19

Steven Brewer, Rebecca Imes

This study examines how the world's largest business-to-business (B2B) firms communicated about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on LinkedIn during the first months of the…

Virtual onboarding and socialization, an exploration of employee discussions and experiences

Jillian Williamson Yarbrough, Leslie Ramos Salazar

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, employers struggled to develop virtual onboarding (VO) experiences among new employees. Prior research has examined VO…

“Posts are my own”: effects of social media disclaimers on perceptions of employees and their organizations from tweets and retweets

Caleb T. Carr, Rebecca A. Hayes, Cameron W. Piercy

This study empirically assesses the perceptions the public has of employees and their organization following a [re]tweet, and the additional potential ameliorating effect of a…

COVID-19 communication management in Europe: a comparative analysis of the effect of information-seeking in the public’s sense-making in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom

Angeles Moreno, Cristina Fuentes Lara, Ralph Tench, Stefania Romenti

Governments around the world have shown poor capabilities in responding effectively to the COVID-19 health emergency outbreaks. After the declaration of COVID-19 as an…

Analysts' identity negotiations and politeness behaviour in earnings calls of US firms with extreme earnings changes

Veronika Koller, Xiaoxi Wu

Financial analysts' roles and incentives mean that they have conflicting identities to maintain towards investors and firm managers. The authors study how analysts adopt various…

The impact of social media marketing on new venture performance

Dominyka Venciute, Vilte Auruskeviciene, James Reardon

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of social media marketing on new venture performance utilizing Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) theory.