Purpose – This paper aims to understand if, and how, internal communication strategies can promote strategic employee communicative actions such as to disseminate positive information that enhances the company’s reputation. These communicative actions sustain the competitive advantage of a company. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on interviews with internal communication experts; internal communication managers in ten American and 22 Italian companies. Three focus groups in Italy comprised of internal communication managers, scholars and experts. Findings – Employee communicative actions have been categorized into: exploration, interpretation, sharing and acting. Internal communication strategies enable employees to be effective communicators. Research limitations/implications – A survey among employees was used to investigate the link between employee communicative actions and internal communication and relationship quality. Practical implications – Internal communication managers are expected first, to become enablers towards employees and line managers; and second, to facilitate sense-making processes and the quality relationship building. Originality/value – This article provides empirical evidence of the emerging issues of employee communicative actions and the enablement function of internal communication. It adds a broader and validated range of employee communicative actions to those that had previously been studied, and develops a preliminary inventory of enablement strategies that have been adopted by leading companies.
Internal communication for employee enablement: Strategies in American and Italian companies, 2014.
Autori: | Mazzei, Alessandra |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
Titolo: | Internal communication for employee enablement: Strategies in American and Italian companies |
Rivista: | |
Nazione editore: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 19 |
Fascicolo: | 1 |
Pagina iniziale: | 82 |
Pagina finale: | 95 |
Numero di pagine: | 14 |
Revisione (peer review): | esperti anonimi |
Rilevanza: | internazionale |
Lingua: | English |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-08-2012-0060 |
Altre informazioni significative: | Paper selezionato tra i migliori presentati alla CCI Corporate Communication Conference 2012 |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SECS-P/08 - Economia E Gestione Delle Imprese |
Keywords: | Employee communications, Employee communicative actions, Employee enablement, Internal communication |
Abstract: | Purpose – This paper aims to understand if, and how, internal communication strategies can promote strategic employee communicative actions such as to disseminate positive information that enhances the company’s reputation. These communicative actions sustain the competitive advantage of a company. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on interviews with internal communication experts; internal communication managers in ten American and 22 Italian companies. Three focus groups in Italy comprised of internal communication managers, scholars and experts. Findings – Employee communicative actions have been categorized into: exploration, interpretation, sharing and acting. Internal communication strategies enable employees to be effective communicators. Research limitations/implications – A survey among employees was used to investigate the link between employee communicative actions and internal communication and relationship quality. Practical implications – Internal communication managers are expected first, to become enablers towards employees and line managers; and second, to facilitate sense-making processes and the quality relationship building. Originality/value – This article provides empirical evidence of the emerging issues of employee communicative actions and the enablement function of internal communication. It adds a broader and validated range of employee communicative actions to those that had previously been studied, and develops a preliminary inventory of enablement strategies that have been adopted by leading companies. |
Numero degli autori: | 1 |
Supporto: | A stampa |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |