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Management Communication Quarterly

Management Communication Quarterly

An International Journal

eISSN: 15526798 | ISSN: 08933189 | Current volume: 38 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Quarterly
Management Communication Quarterly (MCQ) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes on a quarterly basis. MCQ publishes conceptually rigorous, empirically-grounded, and practice-relevant research with strong appeal across all disciplines concerned with organizational studies and the management sciences.

The journal is an essential resource on organizational and managerial practice, offering valuable and timely insights for scholars, professionals, consultants, and trainers.

Cross-Disciplinary, Global Approach with Complete Coverage

A unique and valuable peer-reviewed journal, Management Communication Quarterly articles cover all aspects of communication in management and organizational contexts. Our authors cross the disciplinary boundaries of academic management study and explore a variety of contemporary organizational problems by conceptualizing or applying cutting edge theories and methodologies.

Management Communication Quarterly exposes its readers to the best thinking from a global network of organizational scholars. MCQ’s Editorial Board spans every continent and provides expertise for reviewing scholarship relating to the broad realm of management, communication, and organizational studies.

Each issue of MCQ presents the latest theory development and empirical research on a wide range of topics related to management and organizational communication from different perspectives and areas, such as:

  • Communication Technology
  • Conflict Processes
  • Corporate Communication
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Critical Management Studies
  • Crisis Communication and Risk Management
  • Cross Cultural Management
  • Diversity Management
  • Culture and Values
  • Decision Making
  • Harassment, Violence, and Psychological Abuse in Organizations
  • Emotion and Emotional Labor
  • Employer-Employee Relations
  • Gender, Race and Ethnicity
  • Globalization
  • Information Processing
  • Innovation
  • Knowledge Management
  • Organizing for Social Change
  • Organizational Ethics
  • Organizational Identification and Identity
  • Organizational Learning
  • Organization Change
  • Participation and Democracy
  • Power and Control
  • Public Relations
  • Sustainability
  • Virtual Organizations

Regular Features
Each issue of Management Communication Quarterly features a range of original studies. There is a regular Forum section devoted to provocative essays and commentaries on evolving issues in the field. The journal also publishes research notes on emerging areas of inquiry, empirical explorations and reviews of current books and texts.

Management Communication Quarterly is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes and advances the best research that takes a communicative approach to the study and practice of organizing and organizations. MCQ presents conceptually innovative, empirically grounded, and practice-relevant research from across organizational and management communication fields. MCQ takes a broad view of organizations, management, and organizing, including consideration of social movements, identities, networks, globalization, volunteer organizations, NGOs, corporations, and governments. As such, MCQ has wide appeal across organizational and management disciplines concerned with the conceptualization and practice of communication, organizing, and organizations.

Authors are encouraged to submit original theoretical and empirical manuscripts from a range of disciplines and methodological approaches, covering a range of perspectives, messages, issues, and challenges pertaining to organizational and management communication. Submissions should center communication in organizing processes and managerial and organizational contexts.
Criteria for publication include theoretical, conceptual, and practical significance; originality; clarify of argument; methodological thoroughness and care; and attention to diversity, inclusion, and equity issues across the project, from research design, implementation, and analysis to citational practices.
In addition to full length research articles and shorter research notes, MCQ accepts several other submission types: 1) short methods manuscripts (4-5k words) that introduce new or significantly update existing research methods to organizational and management research; 2) reviews that analyze books of core concern and interest to readers; 3) forums that include themed essays, and commentaries, debates, or developed conference discussions. MCQ is also currently developing a research proposal submission option. Please contact the current editor or more details.
Editor
Matthew Koschmann University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Former Editors
JoAnne Yates, 1987 - 1991 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Paul C. Feingold, 1987 - 1991 University of Southern California, USA
C. Christine Kelly, 1987 - 1992 New York University, USA
Larry R. Smeltzer, 1991 - 1994 Arizona State University, USA
Katherine I. Miller, 1992 - 1997 Arizona State University, Visiting Professor, USA
Patrice M. Buzzanell, 1997 - 2000 University of South Florida, USA
Theodore E. Zorn, 2001 - 2003 Massey University, New Zealand
Charles Conrad, 2003 - 2006 Texas A & M University, USA
James Barker, 2007 - 2012 Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Ling Chen, 2013 - 2015 Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Patricia M. Sias, 2016 - 2018 University of Arizona, USA
Rebecca J. Meisenbach, 2019 - 2022 University of Missouri, USA
Associate Editors
Oana Albu Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Vidhi Chaudhri Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Kerk F. Kee Texas Tech University, USA
Seungyoon Lee Purdue University, USA
Ziyu Long Colorado State University, USA
Leah M. Omilion-Hodges Western Michigan University, USA
Editorial Board Members
Ana Almansa-Martínez University of Malaga, Spain
Alejandro Alvarez-Nobell University of Malaga, Spain
Mats Alvesson Lund University, Sweden
Lindsey Anderson University of Maryland, USA
Mónica Arzuaga-Williams Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay
Karen Ashcraft University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Yannick Atouba The University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Dawna I. Ballard University of Texas, USA
Joshua Barbour University of Texas, USA
J. Kevin Barge Texas A&M University, USA
James Barker Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Jos Bartels Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Hamilton Bean University of Colorado at Denver, USA
Nicolas Bencherki Université Téluq, Canada
Jan M. A. C. Bernadas De La Salle University, Philippines
Leila Bighash University of Arizona, USA
Ryan S. Bisel University of Oklahoma
Sarah Jane Blithe University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Isabel C. Botero University of Louisville, USA
Josh Boyd Purdue University, USA
Boris H. J. M. Brummans Université de Montréal, Canada
Jennifer A. Butler University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, USA
Patrice M. Buzzanell University of South Florida, USA
Heather E. Canary San Diego State University, USA
Theresa Castor University of Wisconsin, USA
Rebecca Chory Frostburg State University, USA
Phillip G. Clampitt University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, USA
Stacey L. Connaughton Purdue University, USA
Charles Conrad Texas A&M University, USA
Timothy Coombs University of Central Florida, USA
Francois Cooren University of Montreal, Canada
Gregory A. Cranmer Clemson University, USA
Suzy D'enbeau Kent State University, USA
Scott d'Urso Marquette University, USA
Stephanie Dailey Texas State University, USA
Veronica R. Dawson California State University - Stanislaus, USA
Menno de Jong University of Twente, Netherlands
Sarah E. Dempsey University of North Carlina at Chapel Hill, USA
Penny Dick University of Sheffield, UK
Marya L. Doerfel Rutgers University, USA
Chuqing Dong Michigan State University, USA
William Donohue Michigan State University, USA
Debbie S. Dougherty University of Missouri, USA
Elizabeth K. Eger Texas State University, USA
Camille Endacott University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Sarah Bonewits Feldner Marquette University, USA
Jessica Ford Baylor University, USA
Jiawei Sophia Fu Rutgers University, USA
Elena Gabor Bradley University, USA
Cindy Gallois University of Queensland, Australia
Shiv Ganesh University of Texas-Austin, USA
Johny Garner Texas Christian University, USA
Jennifer Gibbs University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Angela Gist-Mackey University of Kansas, USA
Ariadne A. Gonzalez Texas A&M International University, USA
Michael Gross Colorado State University, USA
Maurice Hall The College of New Jersey, USA
Zachary Hart Northern Kentucky University, USA
Lynn Harter University of Ohio, USA
Renee Heath University of New Hampshire, USA
Robert L. Heath University of Houston, USA
Carrisa Hoelscher Missouri State University, USA
Raymond L. Hogler Colorado State University, USA
Sherry Holladay University of Central Florida, USA
Sean Horan Fairfield University, USA
Michele H. Jackson Michigan State University, USA
Jody L. Jahn University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Eric P. James Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA
Jessica Jameson North Carolina State University, USA
Peter Jensen University of Alabama, USA
Dongjing Kang Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Eric Karikari Towson University, USA
Jeff Kassing Arizona State University, USA
Loraleigh Keashly Wayne State University, USA
Heewon Kim Arizona State University, USA
Sora Kim The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Catherine Y. Kingsley Westerman North Dakota State University, USA
Timothy Kuhn University of Colorado, USA
John Lammers University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Greg Larson University of Montana, USA
Marnie Lawler McDonough University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
Jaesub Lee University of Houston, USA
Laura Lemon University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Paul Leonardi University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Kenneth Levine Universiry at Albany, USA
Jasmine Linabary Emporia State University, USA
Owen Lynch Southern Methodist University, USA
Dron M. Mandhana Villanova University, USA
Sky Marsen Flinders University, Australia
John Martin Wright State University, USA
Laura Martinez University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Steve May The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Kirstie McAllum University of Montreal, Canada
Jamie McDonald University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Bernard McKenna Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Lacy McNamee Baylor University, USA
Rebecca J. Meisenbach University of Missouri, USA
Linjuan Rita Men University of Florida, USA
Trudy Milburn Southern Connecticut State University, USA
Vernon Miller Michigan State University, USA
Rahul Mitra Wayne State University, USA
Jennifer Scott Mobley Grove City College, USA
Daniel Modaff University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, USA
Dennis Mumby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Karen K. Myers University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Scott A. Myers West Virginia University, USA
Majia Nadesan Arizona State University, USA
James Ndone Coastal Carolina University, USA
Natalie Nelson-Marsh University of Portland, USA
Eddy Ng Queen's University, Canada
Anne Maydan Nicotera George Mason University, USA
Amy O'Connor University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
James Olufowote University of Oklahoma, USA
Leah Omillion-Hodges Western Michigan University, USA
Cliff Oswick Cass Business School, UK
Mahuya Pal University of South Florida, USA
Patricia Parker University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Brittany L. Peterson Ohio University, USA
Andrew Pilny University of Kentucky, USA
Scott Poole University of Illinois, USA
Linda Putnam University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Yufan "Sunny" Qin James Madison University, USA
Meghana Rawat Utah Valley University, USA
Robyn Remke University of Lancaster, UK
Rebecca Rice University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Ron Rice University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Brian Richardson University of North Texas, USA
Jessica Rick University of Southern Indiana, USA
Sarah Riforgiate University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA
Bret Robertson University of South Carolina, USA
Daniel Robichaud Universite de Montreal, Canada
Gabriel Sadi The University of Huddersfield, UK
Surabhi Sahay Pennsylvania State University - Abington, USA
Philip Salem Texas State University, USA
Dennis Schoeneborn Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Clifton Scott University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Craig Scott Rutgers University, USA
Matthew W. Seeger Wayne State University, USA
Timothy L. Sellnow University of Central Florida, USA
Vivian Sheer Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
John Sherblom University of Maine, USA
Lindsey Sherrill University of North Alabama, USA
Michelle Shumate Northwestern University, USA
John Sillince Strathclyde University, UK
Anu Sivunen University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Jennifer Mize Smith Western Kentucky University, USA
Patricia J. Sotirin Michigan Technological University, USA
Krishnamurthy Sriramesh University of Colorado, USA
Keri Stephens University of Texas at Austin, USA
Ana-María Suárez-Monsalve Universidad de Medellín, Colombia
Candice Thomas-Maddox Ohio University Lancaster, USA
Cris Tietsort University of Denver, USA
C. Erik Timmerman Texas State University, USA
Jeffrey W Treem University of Texas at Austin, USA
Paaige Turner Bowling Green State University, USA
Stacy Tye-Williams Iowa State University, USA
Maarten Van der Sanden Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Shari R. Veil University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Astrid Villamil University of Missouri, USA
Michelle Violanti The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Jennifer Waldeck University of Georgia, USA
Rong Wang Vanderbilt University, USA
Yuan Wang City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Amy Way Villanova University, USA
Matthew Weber University of Minnesota USA
Andrea Whittle Cardiff University, UK
Stacey M. B. Wieland Independent Scholar, USA
Elizabeth Wilhoit Larson Auburn University, USA
Elizabeth Williams Colorado State University, USA
Alicia Wireman Indiana Tech, USA
Anna Wiederhold Wolfe Texas A&M University, USA
DaJung Woo Rutgers University, USA
Jason Wrench SUNY New Paltz, USA
Alaina Zanin Arizona State University, USA
Cheng Zeng North Dakota State University, USA
Alvin Zhou University of Minnesota, USA
Heather Zoller University of Cincinnati, USA
Ted Zorn Massey University, New Zealand
Emeritus Board
Justin P. Boren Santa Clara University, USA
Joelle Cruz University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Michael L. Kent University of New South Wales, Australia
Kathy J. Krone University of Nebraska, USA
David Rooney University of Queensland, Australia
Sarah Tracy Arizona State University, USA
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    MCQ welcomes replication studies important to the field. These replications may be "successful" or "unsuccessful" but they need to be well-done and contain a discussion of the type of replication (e.g., conceptual, direct, etc.), the constraints on generality, and how this specific replication adds to the literature. Replication papers will always be empirical (with basic and/or applied questions, and with quantitative and/or qualitative data).

    Multiple Book Review Essays and Single-Book Review Essays are welcome. Texts to be considered for either type of review essays can be academic, but popular or "bridge" books, podcast series, and other texts are also encouraged. The MCQ book review essay section is a space not only to review published works, but also to engage pressing issues and their implications for our field, offer research agendas, suggest teaching modules, and raise other considerations relevant to our community.

    Case Study submissions are welcome. Texts to be considered should (a) address a problem/challenge or a decision/dilemma that has clear implications for organizational communication theory and practice; (b) be developed using primary data or a
    combination of field data and secondary sources; and (c) be accompanied by an exhaustive Teaching Note that analyzes case questions through the lens of appropriate organizational communication theories and perspectives.  

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