Corporate Communications: An International Journal: Volume 23 Issue 3

Investor relations – a systematic literature review

Christian Pieter Hoffmann, Sandra Tietz, Kerstin Hammann

The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of international investor relations (IR) research published since 1990. It highlights the…

Visual trends in the annual report: the case of Ericsson 1947-2016

Emelie Havemo

Disclosure research has argued that visuals are increasingly used in annual reports as a way to increase readability of the annual report, but comparatively little is known about…

Communicating corporate social responsibility (CSR) on social media: How do message source and types of CSR messages influence stakeholders’ perceptions?

Ruoxu Wang, Yan Huang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of message source and types of corporate social responsibility (CSR) message on stakeholder’s perception toward CSR and…

Corporate visual identity: exploring the dogma of consistency

Magnus Kristian Gregersen, Trine Susanne Johansen

The purpose of this paper is to conceptually and empirically explore and challenge the dogma of Corporate visual identity (CVI) consistency. The goal is to nuance the current…

Examining the effectiveness of using CSR communication in apology statements after bad publicity

Angie Chung

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to understanding the effects of framing apology statements with corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications after a company has…

Applying Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior to predict practitioners’ intentions to measure and evaluate communication outcomes

Alexander Buhmann, Peggy Simcic Brønn

The purpose of this paper is to understand factors that may stimulate or inhibit communication practitioners when it comes to measurement and evaluation (M&E) of communication…

Multisemiotic interaction: the CEO and stakeholders in Malaysian CEO Statements

Kumaran Rajandran

The purpose of this paper is to explore how Malaysian CEO Statements employ language and image to convey interaction between the CEO and stakeholders.

Determining factors of success in internal communication management in Spanish companies: The influence of social media

Marta Ingelmo Palomares, Cristina Navarro, José Ángel Sanz Lara

The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that influence the success of internal communication in Spanish companies, specifically the importance of the channels used…

Guiding the conversation: A study of PR practitioner expectations for nonnominated employees’ social media use

Justin Walden

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how public relations practitioners view their role in guiding their organizations’ frontline (nonnominated) employees’ social media use…

Dialogics of strategic communication: Embracing conflicting logics in an emerging field

Emma Christensen, Lars Thøger Christensen

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the field of strategic communication is shaped and driven by several different logics that not only simply underpin each other, but…

The third-person effects in the investment decision making: a case of corporate social responsibility

Alexander V. Laskin

The purpose of this paper is to apply a third-person effects theory to the study of corporate social responsibility communications. Previous studies have asked what importance…