...Raluca Moise; Michał Chmiel Purpose The present article investigates the theoretical orientations of public relations educators and their implications for public relations pedagogy. Building on previous research that revealed a lower perceived value of public relations higher education (HE...

...Mary E. Schramm; Katie R. Place; Alexander V. Laskin Purpose Between 1985 and 2000, the six largest US pharmaceutical firms entered a very active period of partnerships with other pharmaceutical firms to expand their knowledge of biotechnology-based research and development (R&D) frameworks...

...Kaisu Koivumäki; Clare Wilkinson Purpose This paper reports on research exploring the intersections between researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the objectives, funders and organizational influences on their science communication practices. Design/methodology/approach...

...Thorsten Schwetje; Christiane Hauser; Stefan Böschen; Annette Leßmöllmann Purpose The paper reports on a research project exploring the change in the organizational context of communicators and communication units in higher education and research institutions (HERIs), the importance of informal...

... how the respective set-up shapes science-media contacts with a focus on the occurrence and resolution of conflicts. Research limitations/implications The paper proposes a conceptual framework for studying science communication through an organisational lens but leaves comparative empirical studies...

...Kerstin Thummes; Jens Seiffert-Brockmann Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present research on motivated bias and self-deception in ethical decision-making in public relations. Self-deception might explain how professionals evade mental stress in conflicting situations and manage...

... communication professionals increases, organizations and educators need an empirically defined set of performance criteria to guide the development of (potentially) excellent communication professionals (ECPs). This research aimed to render a competence profile which could assist in the development...

... Misunderstandings are exposed between the analysed actors, which are related to mistrust and conflicts. The findings suggest that improved mutual understanding might foster more effective and mutually beneficial risk communication. Originality/value Current research fails to sufficiently explain and improve...

..., this study concludes that the German model is more in line with international CSR-discourse than the Swedish. Research limitations/implications This study has implications for institutional theory perspectives on CSR accounting-related issues. By comparing two economies that would be characterized...

... Schavan’s dissertation and revoked the degree. In turn, this focus neglected restoring the threatened reputation of graduate education and of scholarship itself. Ultimately, the crisis communication of the university worked to undermine the premises and goals of science communication. Research...

...Matthew W. Ragas; Alexander V. Laskin; Matthew Brusch Purpose – Publicly-held companies collectively allocate tens of millions of dollars each year to investor relations, yet little research has been conducted into how investor relations officers (IROs) try to determine the effectiveness...

... Corporate Corporate image Disasters Mass media Public relations Research Accidents Corporate communications RQ1. What message strategies did BP use across each of the platforms (i.e. press release, Facebook, and Twitter) during the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico? RQ2. If BP's...

...Jens Seiffert; Günter Bentele; Lars Mende Purpose The article seeks to present first findings regarding the nature of discrepancies in communication and action and draws conclusions to induce further research. Although (internationally) operating organisations are far too complex to avoid...

.... Research limitations/implications Items for an authenticity index are proposed. Such a scale could be used to measure the effectiveness of public relations efforts and techniques and, therefore, the perceived authenticity of organisations, including its actions, operations, product, services...

... or explicitly debase “soft”, “influence‐based” and “people‐oriented” approaches and portray “proper” communication management as “hard”, “power‐based” and “system‐oriented”. Communication management Management roles Research Influence One seldom has the opportunity to see the communication...

...Tom Watson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and rank the most important topics for research in the field of public relations. An associated outcome was to propose the research questions most closely linked to the prioritised topics. Design/methodology/approach An international...

...Marita Vos Purpose To discuss topics that need future research in governmental communication; setting the research agenda. Design/methodology/approach Based on two studies by the Research Group for Governmental Communication. Findings The development of this field would benefit from...

... building must include theoretical research that explains and improves practice. Originality/value The paper stresses the importance of scholars integrating their theory making with practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Public relations Research For public relations...

... guide research towards crucial questions and enlighten the profession. Findings Academics should build theory that guides research toward crucial questions to enlighten the profession. The research agenda should include macro issues such as the purpose of corporate communication in the new business...

... in that process. The relationship between academia and practice is given some consideration and some of the challenges facing practitioners and academics in relation to legitimacy and status are identified. Finally, the paper suggests some new issues for research in the field and argues for an ethnographic turn...