Cultural fit is an elusive construct that is often assumed to play an important role in individual, group, and organizational success. Most existing approaches to measuring culture are static, making it difficult to understand how cultural dynamics relate to success. By contrast, we develop a directed, dynamic measure of “linguistic alignment,” which estimates the extent to which one person’s w...

Since current water governance patterns mandate cooperation and partnership within and between the actors in the hydrosystems, supplementary models are necessary to distinguish the roles and the rules of indoor actions which is why we extend a theory in the frameworks of philosophy of technology. This analysis is empirically grounded on the problematic hydrosystems of a river in central Iran, Z...

Ineffective strategies of communicating about organizational change (e.g., corporate restructuring, mergers, downsizing) are earmarked by the presence of pervasive rumors that flourish in a climate of uncertainty. Using 15 structured field interviews with management and public relations personnel from multinational corporations, this article posits that successful programs of change communicati...

Information technology has radically altered corporate structures and the way work is transacted in corporate organizations. Firms are seeking to enhance their efficiency by themselves becoming more geographically dispersed and by availing of the benefits of outsourcing. Functional groups are becoming increasingly “virtual” and spatially dispersed; much of organizational interaction is now tech...

Web-based social software can play an important role in introducing innovative internal and external communication processes. In this paper we discuss the participation-oriented and web-based development of a corporate mission statement for the University of Regensburg. The design of a communication process as well as the quantitative analysis of the communication on a bulletin board system est...

Effective internal communication contributes to the overall organizational communication that aims to maintain a sustainable reputation during times of change. Arising from this belief, this paper aims to develop a theoretical framework in which the type of communication content, flows, channels, and climate better fits into the planning, implementation, and revitalization phases within the dow...

The 21st century has seen revolutionary changes in online communication. Many information centers, educational institutions and business organizations are using Web logs along with other forms of communication to enhance their services. This chapter will explain corporate blogs, both its benefits and risks. It will explain with examples why blogs are important to organizations in terms of knowl...

This study assists Higher Education Institutions to gain a better understanding of the online communication strategies that influence students in developing a brand image of their universities. First, the concept of online communication strategies in HE was defined and supported by the literature review. Then, a conceptual framework that links brand equity of the university with its online stra...

Fear of CEO retaliation is one of the important reasons for pressure for conformity in the boardroom. In this section, I analyze two extensions that incorporate fear of the CEO into directors’preferences. I show that in both extensions, similarly to the basic model, pressure for conformity at the decision-making stage can have an overall positive e¤ect on …rm value because it encourages more co...