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International Journal of Business Communication Template

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About the International Journal of Business Communication format

International Journal of Business Communication is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Communication in Education and Healthcare.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', International Journal of Business Communication, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPublic Relations and Crisis Communication Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Communication in Education and Healthcare Knowledge Management and Sharing Management and Organizational Studies
ISSN2329-4884
Citation impact (2-yr)2.39
h-index55
i10-index282
Total citations11,316
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Florida
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in International Journal of Business Communication per year

57
2014
38
2015
34
2016
39
2017
31
2018
39
2019
51
2020
31
2021
30
2022
35
2023
43
2024
64
2025

Citation impact of International Journal of Business Communication by publication year

2.4K
2014
1.2K
2015
1.2K
2016
1.1K
2017
669
2018
835
2019
1.5K
2020
843
2021
432
2022
236
2023
245
2024
78
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in International Journal of Business Communication

Driving Employee Engagement

Karen E. Mishra, Lois A. Boynton, Aneil K. Mishra · 23 Mar 2014

Increasingly, organizations and their public relations professionals are recognizing the importance of strengthening internal communication with employees. Internal communication is important for building a culture of transparency between management and employees, and it can engage employees in the organization’s priorities. This exploratory study uses findings from interviews with public relations executives to explore the growing…

Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification

Cen April Yue, Linjuan Rita Men, Mary Ann Ferguson · 31 Mar 2020

As one of the first empirical attempts investigating the emerging role of positive emotional culture within organizations, the study examined how a symmetrical internal communication system and leaders’ use of motivating language contribute to fostering a positive emotional culture featured by joy, companionate love, pride, and gratitude. Furthermore, the study examined the linkage between a…

Communication and Teleworking: A Study of Communication Channel Satisfaction, Personality, and Job Satisfaction for Teleworking Employees

Stephanie A. Smith, Alyssa Patmos, Margaret J. Pitts · 6 Jul 2015

This study examines teleworkers’ job satisfaction related to the use of and satisfaction with a variety of communication channels and workers’ personality type. U.S. teleworkers ( N = 384) completed an online survey and self-reported on dimensions of communication channel satisfaction, job satisfaction, and personality. Results indicated that extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are positively…

Change But no Climate Change: Discourses of Climate Change in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in the Oil Industry

Sylvia Jaworska · 19 Feb 2018

Using corpus-linguistic tools and methods, this article investigates the discourses of climate change in corporate social responsibility and environmental reports produced by major oil companies from 2000 to 2013. It focuses on the frequency of key references to climatic changes and examines in detail discourses surrounding the most frequently used term “climate change.” The analysis…

Communicating Corporate Brands Through Social Media

Maria Vernuccio · 31 Mar 2014

The aim of this study is to identify and interpret the main emerging strategic approaches in communicating a corporate brand through social media (SM). A quantitative content analysis of the SM platforms of 60 major international corporate brands yielded data that were processed by hierarchical cluster analysis. The study identified four clusters, characterized by distinctive…

International Journal of Business Communication template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the International Journal of Business Communication format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the International Journal of Business Communication template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does International Journal of Business Communication use?
International Journal of Business Communication uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', International Journal of Business Communication, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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