Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 2 Issue 1

The changing role of internal communication in tomorrow's company

John Smythe

Posits that the context of internal communication is changing rapidly, and that most organizations are seeking to reduce communications. Identifies nine roles of communication…

Charismatic leadership: a key factor in organizational communication

Tuomo Takala

Based on Plato's thinking, connects several aspects of communication and leadership theory to focus on charismatic leadership. Speculates on the application of Plato's ideas to…

Corporate communication and trust in leadership

J.R. Allert, S.R. Chatterjee

Trust is built largely through the way in which the culture of communication is implemented by the organizational leadership. The role of the leader as a listener, communicator…

Was public relations a prelude to corporate communications?

Philip J. Kitchen

Concerns questions such as that posed by the title in respect of the development of corporate communications in its triumvirate form of management communication, organizational…

Messages from CEOs: a content analysis approach

Geraldine Clarke

The message an investment company sends to shareholders in its annual report summarizes and explains the financial and economic performance which is presented. These companies are…

Corporate identity: an evolving discipline

Klaus Schmidt

As a developing discipline, corporate identity is still understood and valued differently in the various European countries. So the questions remain: What is corporate identity…

Investor relations: a Nordic School approach

Pekka Tuominen

The objective in investor relationships is to create common long‐term interaction between the companies and their direct and indirect partner groups in the investor community…