Corporate Communication Research Group

16/02/2024

CMC2024 registration is now open!
We look forward to welcoming you at the 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, which will be held in Vienna on March 26-27. CMC2024 will bring together international participants and put the spotlight on diversity and inclusion in the corporate and marketing environment. We expect over 50 exciting presentations.
To register, please follow the link: https://cmc2024.univie.ac.at/fees-and-registration/

18/12/2023

Submission just opened! The 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications will be held in Vienna on March 26-27, 2024. We welcome contributions from all areas of corporate and marketing communications, and are particularly looking forward to submissions on our conference theme "Valuing Diversity in Corporate and Marketing Communications: Towards an Inclusive Corporate and Market Environment". Please visit our conference website for further information:

28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications

29/09/2023

Last week our team travelled to Prague, Czech Republic, to participate at the 24th Annual Congress of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA). The topic of Responsible Communication and the beautiful Hollar building of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University were the perfect context to share our latest research with the PR academic community.

The Corporate Communication Research Group was represented with 5 papers:

- "Authentic Employee Appreciation: The Role of Internal
Communication in Fostering an Appreciative Work Environment“ by Julia Stranzl and Christopher Ruppel

- "A Situational Perspective on Employee Activism - Examining the Role of Symmetrical Internal Communication“ by Neda Ninova-Solovykh, Ingrid Wahl, and Sabine Einwiller

- "What Is Published About Employee Communication Regarding LGBT+: A Scoping Review of Quantitative Research“ by Ingrid Wahl, Magdalena Siegel, and Sabine Einwiller

- "Behind The Scenes Of CEO Activism: Perspectives From Communication Practitioners“ by Vanja Bojanic

- "Communicating About Controversial Issues – The Case Of Halal Offerings In The Food Retail And Banking Sectors In Germany And Austria" by Samira Rahimi Mavi and Sabine Einwiller

It was our pleasure to meet and talk with all the great colleagues in Prague. Big thanks to the organizers for this successful conference!

09/04/2023

We had a great time at the 27th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications (CMC2024) presenting our research on "Communicating about halal products to non-Muslim consumers" (for which we received the best paper award), "What is known about employee communication regarding LGBT+: A scoping review" and "Agile integrated communication: A content-based approach".
Next year, CMC will be hosted from March 25th (evening) to March 27th by ourselves in Vienna on the theme “Valuing Diversity in Corporate and Marketing Communications: Towards an Inclusive Corporate and Market Environment”. For more details and the list of open tracks visit https://cmc2024.univie.ac.at/. We will also issue a call for papers on the conference theme for a special issue in the Journal of Marketing Communications.

13/10/2022

Unser Beitrag zur Rolle der Mitarbeiterkommunikation in hybriden Arbeitssettings ist im prmagazin erschienen. Hierin beschreiben wir die Ergebnisse unserer dreiteiligen Studie zur Wahrnehmung der Mitarbeitenden sowie den Erfahrungen der Kommunikationsverantwortlichen. Ein zentraler Befund ist, dass vor allem Beziehungskommunikation die emotionale Bindung und das Arbeitsengagement der Mitarbeitenden stärkt.

Besuche den Beitrag für mehr Info.

24/09/2022

Hosting the 23rd annual congress was a great experience! We very much enjoyed having many wonderful colleagues and friends come to Vienna, or join the congress online, in order to present and discuss their research and thoughts on Public Relations in the Risk Society. We didn’t only have excellent presentations and discussions, but also a lot of fun during the congress and especially at the dinner, dance and walking tours.

08/07/2022

The 2022 edition of the world’s longest running empirical study on current and future developments in strategic communication and public relations has been published today. The European Communication Monitor surveyed communication professionals in 43 countries, producing the following highlights:

– Diversity, equality and inclusion are influencing organisational policies and communications worldwide – but only every second communicator in Europe has closely followed global trends and discussions in this area

– Most practitioners have experienced empathic traits from communication leaders; this has a significant positive impact on commitment, engagement and mental health

– To date, very few communication departments have established an advanced use of CommTech to digitalise internal workflows and communication activities – organisational structures are identified as the main obstacle to rapid transformation

– Quality of consulting in communications is difficult to achieve; three out of four respondents would like to see appropriate standards that cover either consultants, clients themselves or both groups

– The study reveals significant differences between countries as well as between companies and non-profits across Europe

Find out more in the full report, available for free at www.communicationmonitor.eu

19/06/2022

Great evening out with (almost) the whole CCom team, our former team members Jens Seiffert-Brockmann and Wolfgang Weitzl, and our guest Sora Kim at Weinbau Leitner. After three years, Sora could finally come to Vienna again, teach in our doctoral program, and -importantly- join us for an evening out with delicious food and wine overlooking Vienna.

02/06/2022

At the 72. Annual ICA Conference in Paris (May 26.–30. 2022), our team members Daniel Wolfgruber and Sabine Einwiller presented their paper titled „Perceived inclusion at the workplace and the propensity to stand one’s ground in conflict situations“. Daniel Wolfgruber received the Top Student Paper Award 2022 from the Organizational Communication Division for this paper.

25/01/2022

Last week, Tim Kuhn, chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, visited us and gave two insightful talks on his latest research on communicative capitalism and the differences between and overlaps of organizational and strategic corporate communication. Thanks for coming, Tim!

10/12/2021

The findings of our latest research project on internal communication in an increasingly virtual work environment are published and can be downloaded here:
https://www.akademische-gesellschaft.com/fileadmin/webcontent/Publikationen/Communication_Insights/AGUK_CommunicationInsights__13_Keeping_up_the_spirit_December_2021.pdf

Academic Society for Corporate Management & Communication – A joint initiative of leading companies and universities initiated by the Günter-Thiele-Foundation for Communication and Manage- ment within the Association of German Science Foundations

22/10/2021

The findings of the research project "Let's talk about Diversity & Inclusion" conducted by members of the Corporate Communication Research Group have attracted the wide interest of scholars and practitioners. The project that investigated the role of communication in D&I management comprised three studies and was funded by the Academic Society for Corporate Management and Communication.

Link to the final report:https://www.akademische-gesellschaft.com/fileadmin/webcontent/Publikationen/Communication_Insights/210721_AGUK_CommunicationInsights_11_Diversity___Inclusion_July2021.pdf