Organizational communication extends beyond communication that takes place in an organizational context to the ways communication is used to organize and facilitate activity. This article is designed to enhance organizational communication pedagogy practices by highlighting foundational concepts and content areas that should be included in…

This chapter describes the evolution of a regional public university president's communication strategy from being a fact-driven presenter to becoming the university's principal storyteller by integrating institutional data and metrics with meaningful stories from students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The case describes a "crisis of…

The University of Nebraska--Lincoln Testing Agricultural Performance Solutions (TAPS) program involves use of farm management competitions to increase engagement across producers, industry, and universities. Participants make several management decisions throughout the growing season in a controlled field trial held at the university research…

This research was conducted to find a conceptual framework of organizational culture that can be relied upon to build and develop organizations. Research methods use a literature review by relying on data sourced from various relevant literature, both books, and journals. The data were analyzed by critical analysis. The results of the study found…

A successful IR leader in the digital institution requires effective communication skills to articulate institutional goals, as well as to collaborate with multiple groups for the design and management of operational tasks. This chapter examines the needed skills of senior IR professionals and how these skills apply within a digital institution.

While the likelihood and probability of school districts encountering major crises remain unknown, superintendents need to anticipate and prepare for such events that have the potential to threaten their organization. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to explore the behaviors and actions of New York State public school superintendents…

The COVID-19 pandemic was a crisis that required immediate response from higher education STEM faculty and support units. We analyzed this response using Weick's stages of sensemaking: enactment, selection, retention. Sensemaking began with rapid response to the initial emergency as faculty and support units enacted immediate responses to…

Organizational silos have long existed within juvenile justice, presenting a barrier to the provision of effective services and support for the youth in these settings. The present article documents the formation of a Juvenile Justice Community of Practice to address the division and the subsequent dissemination of a survey to better understand…

Faculty work is notoriously vague and is at best described as involving scholarship, teaching, and service. The mechanisms faculty employ to understand messages about work expectations are equally ill-defined. This study examined how faculty receive and interpret institutional work expectations to perform their scholarly, instructional, and…

Purpose: The study investigated the correlation between school communication and teachers' perceptions of the school's innovative climate in the Israeli education system during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Furthermore, this study examined the role of affective commitment and the role of sector (Arab or Jewish) in these…

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of teachers' organizational communication on their job motivation. The research model is correlational survey model. The participants of the study are 111 teachers working at public elementary schools in Turkey. Organizational Communication Scale and Job Motivation Scale are used as data…

Purpose: We sought to identify codes and themes in the mission statements of Kentucky's school districts and examine the relationship between district characteristics and the mission statements. Design/methodology/approach: We undertook a mixed methods design, specifically, a sequential transformative strategy with a theoretical lens overlaying…

Purpose: This study aims to better understand the communication of sustainability by Canadian universities, specifically the use of websites, interactive features and sustainability plans. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 95 Canadian universities were included in this study. The mixed-methods approach sought to capture the communication of…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine faculty perceptions of the aim/structure of the United Arab Emirate's Qualifications Framework (QF Emirates) and its impact on academic practices in order to support policymakers on how to better implement the framework. Design/methodology/approach: The study applied a mixed-methods approach to…

Purpose: As teachers are considered "knowledge workers," the present study explores teacher performance in schools. A particular emphasis is given to assessing the performance of female teachers in the rural part of South India. Design/methodology/approach: After collecting data from 563 female teachers from four blocks in Nilgiris…