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Management Communication Quarterly Template

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About the Management Communication Quarterly format

Management Communication Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Management and Organizational Studies, Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

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

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Publishes research inManagement and Organizational Studies Public Relations and Crisis Communication Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Team Dynamics and Performance Communication in Education and Healthcare
ISSN0893-3189
Citation impact (2-yr)2.06
h-index105
i10-index742
Total citations46,239
Top institutions publishing hereArizona State University
Journal websitemcq.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Management Communication Quarterly per year

37
2014
48
2015
28
2016
39
2017
24
2018
24
2019
26
2020
30
2021
42
2022
32
2023
38
2024
25
2025

Citation impact of Management Communication Quarterly by publication year

2.2K
2014
1.3K
2015
563
2016
1K
2017
710
2018
430
2019
659
2020
495
2021
442
2022
327
2023
134
2024
27
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Management Communication Quarterly

Helping Crisis Managers Protect Reputational Assets

W. Timothy Coombs, Sherry J. Holladay · 1 Nov 2002

A situational crisis communication theory (SCCT), which articulates the variables, assumptions, and relationships that should be considered in selecting crisis response strategies to protect an organization’s reputation, is advanced. Although various studies taking a situational approach have touched on certain of the theory’s variables and relationships, this study represents the first attempt to articulate and…

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Choosing the Right Words

W. Timothy Coombs · 1 May 1995

Although crisis management has evolved rapidly over the past decade, the symbolic aspect of crisis management has been ignored. More specifically, little research has examined crisis-response strategies (public statements made after a crisis) to see how these messages can be used to shape public perceptions of the crisis and the organization in crisis. This article…

Theorizing Resistance in Organization Studies

Dennis K. Mumby · 24 Jun 2005

This article provides an overview and critique of the extant research on work-place resistance. It argues that much of this research has developed around an implicit duality of resistance and control. In other words, critical studies have highlighted either the growing ubiquity and subtlety of managerial control or have privileged workers’ abilities to carve out…

Participatory Processes/Paradoxical Practices

Cynthia Stohl, George Cheney · 1 Feb 2001

This article brings together previous research efforts by the authors and reviews a wide range of relevant literatures to explain and analyze paradoxes of employee participation and workplace democracy. Although the authors do not take the position that all or even most of these paradoxes are necessarily harmful, they do maintain that there are a…

The Social Construction of Leadership: A Sailing Guide

Gail T. Fairhurst, David Grant · 16 Apr 2010

A growing body of literature now exists concerning the social construction of leadership. This literature draws on a variety of definitions of social constructionism, multiple constructs, and an array of perspectives, approaches, and methods. To identify and understand the differences among them, this article provides a sailing guide, comprising four key dimensions, to the social…

Management Communication Quarterly template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Management Communication Quarterly format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Management Communication Quarterly 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 Management Communication Quarterly use?
Management Communication Quarterly 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', Management Communication Quarterly, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Management Communication Quarterly?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Management Communication Quarterly document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Management Communication Quarterly?
Management Communication Quarterly is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Management Communication Quarterly template matches SAGE's official submission format.
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