This second edition of Excellence in Internal Communication Management offers communication professionals, organizational leaders, managers, educators, and students a research-based, accessible guide to building communication systems that inform, connect, engage, and empower internal stakeholders.
Drawing on scholarship from public relations, organizational communication, management, leadership, and ethics, the book explains how excellent internal communication works. Thoroughly updated for today’s workplace, this edition addresses artificial intelligence, computational analytics, digital and hybrid work, psychological safety, organizational listening, and changing employee expectations. Practical cases, evidence-based recommendations, and validated measurement scales connect research directly to practice.
Readers will learn how to:
Whether used by practitioners, students, or in executive development, this book provides a practical roadmap for advancing internal communication and organizational effectiveness in a rapidly changing world.
Linjuan Rita Men, PhD, APR, is Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida and founder and director of the Internal Communication Research Hub. Her research focuses on internal communication, leadership communication, employee engagement, and emerging technologies. She has published more than 120 refereed articles and book chapters and authored, co-authored, or edited seven books.
Shannon A. Bowen, PhD, is Professor at the University of South Carolina, and founder and executive director of the Global Strategic Communication Consortium. As an internationally recognized scholar of ethics, issues management, and AI, her research offers a long track record of articles, encyclopedia entries, books, grants, chapters, and numerous awards for book of the year, top papers, teaching, hall of fame, and body of work awards.