Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and
transformational 'visionaries'. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

Purpose Can sustainability disclosures be a tool for executing image restoration strategies
after corporate manslaughter? This is the question explored in this study of Costa Crociere's …

Purpose To demonstrate transparency and accountability, the three boards in this study are
required to meet in public in front of an audience, although the boards reserve confidential …

Quarterly conference calls where corporate executives discuss earnings that are later found
to be misreported offer an excellent test bed for determining if automated linguistic and …

In this chapter I will discuss the key contribution of communication to organisational success.
There is now a host of studies to demonstrate the centrality of communication in the …

How can an organization repair trust through communication after an ethical failure? This
study examines how trust is repaired after an integrity-based trust violation using three …

In organizations, paradoxes are not only an expression of growing dynamism and
complexity. Leaders can also generate them intentionally by means of double-bind rhetoric …

Recent research has shown that natural disasters present political problems for societies, as
these events make both citizens and leaders vulnerable. Autocratic leaders use language …

This study applies a discourse analytic lens to media interview communication by
professional football managers in order to unpack issues related to language use, identity …