Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 29 Issue 3

Editorial 29.3: Workplace culture

Martina Topic

Guest editorial: Shifting role and challenges of internal communication in an age of workplace turbulence/disruption

Marlene S. Neill, Minjeong Kang

Combatting the “great discontent”: the impact of employability culture and leadership empowerment on career growth, loyalty and satisfaction

Danielle LaGree, Katie Olsen, Alec Tefertiller, Rosalynn Vasquez

Motivated by the organizational challenge coined the great discontent, employees are dissatisfied with their jobs, see minimal opportunities for growth and are actively searching…

Waiting for the punch(line): the circuit of culture and internal public relations at Netflix

Saima Kazmi, Mark Heisten, Burton St John III

This study is concerned with the dynamics of the internal communications at Netflix following the release of The Closer and the public debate that followed, testing Netflix's…

Mitigating teleworkers' perceived technological complexity and work strains through supportive team communication

Ingrid Wahl, Daniel Wolfgruber, Sabine Einwiller

Teleworkers need to use information and communication technology (ICT) to communicate and collaborate with their team members, however, when new and complicated information…

Voice and “digital disruption” in internal communication job advertisements: proposing a vocality continuum

Sonya Sandham

This study of job advertisements for internal communication practitioners aims to investigate the signals that organisations are sending the profession about what is required of…

Permanent scars, improvisation and new paths forward: communication agency leadership responses to COVID-19

Luke Capizzo, Teresia Nzau, Damilola Oduolowu, Margaret Duffy, Lauren Brengarth

The purpose of this paper is to provide rich, qualitative insights around internal communication in strategic communication agencies, addressing the evolutions in expectations and…

Health-oriented leadership communication matters: a trickle-down model to enhance employees' health and well-being during turbulent times

Feifei Chen, Qiwei Luna Wu

This study explored how organizational leaders at different hierarchical levels may communicatively enhance employees' health and well-being. Drawing on interdisciplinary…

The dark side of leadership communication: the impact of supervisor verbal aggressiveness on workplace culture, employee–organization relationships and counterproductive work behaviors

Cen April Yue, Yufan Sunny Qin, Linjuan Rita Men

This study is designed to bridge a gap in the existing leadership communication literature by delving into lesser-explored facets of the field. It particularly concentrates on…

When relational transparency backfires: examining the various impacts of authentic leadership on employee trust during the COVID-19 pandemic

Qi Zheng, Chuqing Dong, Yafei Zhang

This study examines how the different attributes of authentic leadership influence trust and employee organization fit and how such influences differ by gender and the level of…

Linking interacting/engaging environmental CSR communication strategy and employees' pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs): mediating roles of communal relationship and employee empowerment

Enzhu Dong, Ruoyu Sun, Yeunjae Lee

With the growing concern for environmental and sustainability issues, especially in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, organizations feel compelled…