Management Communication Quarterly
Management Communication | Organization Studies (General) | Organizational Communication
The journal is an essential resource on organizational and managerial practice, offering valuable and timely insights for scholars, professionals, consultants, and trainers.
Cross-Disciplinary, Global Approach with Complete Coverage
A unique and valuable peer-reviewed journal, Management Communication Quarterly articles cover all aspects of communication in management and organizational contexts. Our authors cross the disciplinary boundaries of academic management study and explore a variety of contemporary organizational problems by conceptualizing or applying cutting edge theories and methodologies.
Management Communication Quarterly exposes its readers to the best thinking from a global network of organizational scholars. MCQ’s Editorial Board spans every continent and provides expertise for reviewing scholarship relating to the broad realm of management, communication, and organizational studies.
Each issue of MCQ presents the latest theory development and empirical research on a wide range of topics related to management and organizational communication from different perspectives and areas, such as:
- Communication Technology
- Conflict Processes
- Corporate Communication
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Critical Management Studies
- Crisis Communication and Risk Management
- Cross Cultural Management
- Diversity Management
- Culture and Values
- Decision Making
- Harassment, Violence, and Psychological Abuse in Organizations
- Emotion and Emotional Labor
- Employer-Employee Relations
- Gender, Race and Ethnicity
- Globalization
- Information Processing
- Innovation
- Knowledge Management
- Organizing for Social Change
- Organizational Ethics
- Organizational Identification and Identity
- Organizational Learning
- Organization Change
- Participation and Democracy
- Power and Control
- Public Relations
- Sustainability
- Virtual Organizations
Regular Features
Each issue of Management Communication Quarterly features a range of original studies. There is a regular Forum section devoted to provocative essays and commentaries on evolving issues in the field. The journal also publishes research notes on emerging areas of inquiry, empirical explorations and reviews of current books and texts.
Management Communication Quarterly is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes and advances the best research that takes a communicative approach to the study and practice of organizing and organizations. MCQ presents conceptually innovative, empirically grounded, and practice-relevant research from across organizational and management communication fields. MCQ takes a broad view of organizations, management, and organizing, including consideration of social movements, identities, networks, globalization, volunteer organizations, NGOs, corporations, and governments. As such, MCQ has wide appeal across organizational and management disciplines concerned with the conceptualization and practice of communication, organizing, and organizations.
| Matthew Koschmann | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| JoAnne Yates, 1987 - 1991 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
| Paul C. Feingold, 1987 - 1991 | University of Southern California, USA |
| C. Christine Kelly, 1987 - 1992 | New York University, USA |
| Larry R. Smeltzer, 1991 - 1994 | Arizona State University, USA |
| Katherine I. Miller, 1992 - 1997 | Arizona State University, Visiting Professor, USA |
| Patrice M. Buzzanell, 1997 - 2000 | University of South Florida, USA |
| Theodore E. Zorn, 2001 - 2003 | Massey University, New Zealand |
| Charles Conrad, 2003 - 2006 | Texas A & M University, USA |
| James Barker, 2007 - 2012 | Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada |
| Ling Chen, 2013 - 2015 | Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| Patricia M. Sias, 2016 - 2018 | University of Arizona, USA |
| Rebecca J. Meisenbach, 2019 - 2022 | University of Missouri, USA |
| Oana Albu | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| Vidhi Chaudhri | Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Kerk F. Kee | Texas Tech University, USA |
| Seungyoon Lee | Purdue University, USA |
| Ziyu Long | Colorado State University, USA |
| Leah M. Omilion-Hodges | Western Michigan University, USA |
| Ana Almansa-Martínez | University of Malaga, Spain |
| Alejandro Alvarez-Nobell | University of Malaga, Spain |
| Mats Alvesson | Lund University, Sweden |
| Lindsey Anderson | University of Maryland, USA |
| Mónica Arzuaga-Williams | Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay |
| Karen Ashcraft | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| Yannick Atouba | The University of Texas at El Paso, USA |
| Dawna I. Ballard | University of Texas, USA |
| Joshua Barbour | University of Texas, USA |
| J. Kevin Barge | Texas A&M University, USA |
| James Barker | Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada |
| Jos Bartels | Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| Hamilton Bean | University of Colorado at Denver, USA |
| Nicolas Bencherki | Université Téluq, Canada |
| Jan M. A. C. Bernadas | De La Salle University, Philippines |
| Leila Bighash | University of Arizona, USA |
| Ryan S. Bisel | University of Oklahoma |
| Sarah Jane Blithe | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| Isabel C. Botero | University of Louisville, USA |
| Josh Boyd | Purdue University, USA |
| Boris H. J. M. Brummans | Université de Montréal, Canada |
| Jennifer A. Butler | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, USA |
| Patrice M. Buzzanell | University of South Florida, USA |
| Heather E. Canary | San Diego State University, USA |
| Theresa Castor | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Rebecca Chory | Frostburg State University, USA |
| Phillip G. Clampitt | University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, USA |
| Stacey L. Connaughton | Purdue University, USA |
| Charles Conrad | Texas A&M University, USA |
| Timothy Coombs | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Francois Cooren | University of Montreal, Canada |
| Gregory A. Cranmer | Clemson University, USA |
| Suzy D'enbeau | Kent State University, USA |
| Scott d'Urso | Marquette University, USA |
| Stephanie Dailey | Texas State University, USA |
| Veronica R. Dawson | California State University - Stanislaus, USA |
| Menno de Jong | University of Twente, Netherlands |
| Sarah E. Dempsey | University of North Carlina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Penny Dick | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Marya L. Doerfel | Rutgers University, USA |
| Chuqing Dong | Michigan State University, USA |
| William Donohue | Michigan State University, USA |
| Debbie S. Dougherty | University of Missouri, USA |
| Elizabeth K. Eger | Texas State University, USA |
| Camille Endacott | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA |
| Sarah Bonewits Feldner | Marquette University, USA |
| Jessica Ford | Baylor University, USA |
| Jiawei Sophia Fu | Rutgers University, USA |
| Elena Gabor | Bradley University, USA |
| Cindy Gallois | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Shiv Ganesh | University of Texas-Austin, USA |
| Johny Garner | Texas Christian University, USA |
| Jennifer Gibbs | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Angela Gist-Mackey | University of Kansas, USA |
| Ariadne A. Gonzalez | Texas A&M International University, USA |
| Michael Gross | Colorado State University, USA |
| Maurice Hall | The College of New Jersey, USA |
| Zachary Hart | Northern Kentucky University, USA |
| Lynn Harter | University of Ohio, USA |
| Renee Heath | University of New Hampshire, USA |
| Robert L. Heath | University of Houston, USA |
| Carrisa Hoelscher | Missouri State University, USA |
| Raymond L. Hogler | Colorado State University, USA |
| Sherry Holladay | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Sean Horan | Fairfield University, USA |
| Michele H. Jackson | Michigan State University, USA |
| Jody L. Jahn | University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |
| Eric P. James | Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA |
| Jessica Jameson | North Carolina State University, USA |
| Peter Jensen | University of Alabama, USA |
| Dongjing Kang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| Eric Karikari | Towson University, USA |
| Jeff Kassing | Arizona State University, USA |
| Loraleigh Keashly | Wayne State University, USA |
| Heewon Kim | Arizona State University, USA |
| Sora Kim | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Catherine Y. Kingsley Westerman | North Dakota State University, USA |
| Timothy Kuhn | University of Colorado, USA |
| John Lammers | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA |
| Greg Larson | University of Montana, USA |
| Marnie Lawler McDonough | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA |
| Jaesub Lee | University of Houston, USA |
| Laura Lemon | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA |
| Paul Leonardi | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Kenneth Levine | Universiry at Albany, USA |
| Jasmine Linabary | Emporia State University, USA |
| Owen Lynch | Southern Methodist University, USA |
| Dron M. Mandhana | Villanova University, USA |
| Sky Marsen | Flinders University, Australia |
| John Martin | Wright State University, USA |
| Laura Martinez | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA |
| Steve May | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Kirstie McAllum | University of Montreal, Canada |
| Jamie McDonald | University of Texas at San Antonio, USA |
| Bernard McKenna | Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| Lacy McNamee | Baylor University, USA |
| Rebecca J. Meisenbach | University of Missouri, USA |
| Linjuan Rita Men | University of Florida, USA |
| Trudy Milburn | Southern Connecticut State University, USA |
| Vernon Miller | Michigan State University, USA |
| Rahul Mitra | Wayne State University, USA |
| Jennifer Scott Mobley | Grove City College, USA |
| Daniel Modaff | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, USA |
| Dennis Mumby | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Karen K. Myers | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Scott A. Myers | West Virginia University, USA |
| Majia Nadesan | Arizona State University, USA |
| James Ndone | Coastal Carolina University, USA |
| Natalie Nelson-Marsh | University of Portland, USA |
| Eddy Ng | Queen's University, Canada |
| Anne Maydan Nicotera | George Mason University, USA |
| Amy O'Connor | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA |
| James Olufowote | University of Oklahoma, USA |
| Leah Omillion-Hodges | Western Michigan University, USA |
| Cliff Oswick | Cass Business School, UK |
| Mahuya Pal | University of South Florida, USA |
| Patricia Parker | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA |
| Brittany L. Peterson | Ohio University, USA |
| Andrew Pilny | University of Kentucky, USA |
| Scott Poole | University of Illinois, USA |
| Linda Putnam | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Yufan "Sunny" Qin | James Madison University, USA |
| Meghana Rawat | Utah Valley University, USA |
| Robyn Remke | University of Lancaster, UK |
| Rebecca Rice | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA |
| Ron Rice | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| Brian Richardson | University of North Texas, USA |
| Jessica Rick | University of Southern Indiana, USA |
| Sarah Riforgiate | University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA |
| Bret Robertson | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Daniel Robichaud | Universite de Montreal, Canada |
| Gabriel Sadi | The University of Huddersfield, UK |
| Surabhi Sahay | Pennsylvania State University - Abington, USA |
| Philip Salem | Texas State University, USA |
| Dennis Schoeneborn | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark |
| Clifton Scott | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA |
| Craig Scott | Rutgers University, USA |
| Matthew W. Seeger | Wayne State University, USA |
| Timothy L. Sellnow | University of Central Florida, USA |
| Vivian Sheer | Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| John Sherblom | University of Maine, USA |
| Lindsey Sherrill | University of North Alabama, USA |
| Michelle Shumate | Northwestern University, USA |
| John Sillince | Strathclyde University, UK |
| Anu Sivunen | University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Jennifer Mize Smith | Western Kentucky University, USA |
| Patricia J. Sotirin | Michigan Technological University, USA |
| Krishnamurthy Sriramesh | University of Colorado, USA |
| Keri Stephens | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Ana-María Suárez-Monsalve | Universidad de Medellín, Colombia |
| Candice Thomas-Maddox | Ohio University Lancaster, USA |
| Cris Tietsort | University of Denver, USA |
| C. Erik Timmerman | Texas State University, USA |
| Jeffrey W Treem | University of Texas at Austin, USA |
| Paaige Turner | Bowling Green State University, USA |
| Stacy Tye-Williams | Iowa State University, USA |
| Maarten Van der Sanden | Delft University of Technology, Netherlands |
| Shari R. Veil | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA |
| Astrid Villamil | University of Missouri, USA |
| Michelle Violanti | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA |
| Jennifer Waldeck | University of Georgia, USA |
| Rong Wang | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Yuan Wang | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Amy Way | Villanova University, USA |
| Matthew Weber | University of Minnesota USA |
| Andrea Whittle | Cardiff University, UK |
| Stacey M. B. Wieland | Independent Scholar, USA |
| Elizabeth Wilhoit Larson | Auburn University, USA |
| Elizabeth Williams | Colorado State University, USA |
| Alicia Wireman | Indiana Tech, USA |
| Anna Wiederhold Wolfe | Texas A&M University, USA |
| DaJung Woo | Rutgers University, USA |
| Jason Wrench | SUNY New Paltz, USA |
| Alaina Zanin | Arizona State University, USA |
| Cheng Zeng | North Dakota State University, USA |
| Alvin Zhou | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Heather Zoller | University of Cincinnati, USA |
| Ted Zorn | Massey University, New Zealand |
| Justin P. Boren | Santa Clara University, USA |
| Joelle Cruz | University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |
| Michael L. Kent | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Kathy J. Krone | University of Nebraska, USA |
| David Rooney | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Sarah Tracy | Arizona State University, USA |
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mcq. Authors will need to set up an online account on the Sage’s Manuscript Central system powered by ScholarOne, if you do not have an account.
Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Obtaining permission for any quoted or reprinted material that requires permission is the responsibility of the author. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not be simultaneously submitting them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the Editor.
Formatting
Manuscripts must conform to the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (http://www.apastyle.org/) and meet all author guidelines. Manuscript length should be kept under 40 pages (inclusive of all tables, figures, references, and notes) and under 10,000 words. Any details that may point to the author is to be anonymized both in the body of the manuscript and the reference list. When necessary, use endnotes instead of footnotes and keep tables and figures in separate files instead of in text. Use no more than 8 keywords. The DOI of a reference, if available, can be searched at http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/. Manuscripts submitted in a different style or not meeting submission stipulations will not go to review and be unsubmitted. Author(s) should consult with the editor about Forum proposals and procedures. All manuscripts must be submitted in a current Word format and be double spaced throughout with only left justification.
Manuscripts reporting a study are to provide sufficient detail about the method, so to allow for possible replication and aid reader interpretation. Published methods should be referenced. It is helpful to have a data analysis subsection in which you outline what you will do to test hypotheses and/or find answers to research questions, and what result will be considered to be supportive or informative.
MCQ welcomes replication studies important to the field. These replications may be "successful" or "unsuccessful" but they need to be well-done and contain a discussion of the type of replication (e.g., conceptual, direct, etc.), the constraints on generality, and how this specific replication adds to the literature. Replication papers will always be empirical (with basic and/or applied questions, and with quantitative and/or qualitative data).
Multiple Book Review Essays and Single-Book Review Essays are welcome. Texts to be considered for either type of review essays can be academic, but popular or "bridge" books, podcast series, and other texts are also encouraged. The MCQ book review essay section is a space not only to review published works, but also to engage pressing issues and their implications for our field, offer research agendas, suggest teaching modules, and raise other considerations relevant to our community.
Case Study submissions are welcome. Texts to be considered should (a) address a problem/challenge or a decision/dilemma that has clear implications for organizational communication theory and practice; (b) be developed using primary data or a
combination of field data and secondary sources; and (c) be accompanied by an exhaustive Teaching Note that analyzes case questions through the lens of appropriate organizational communication theories and perspectives.
Please reference the MCQ Book Review Essays Submission Guidelines and MCQ Case Study Submission Guidelines for further details.
Peer review
The editors and editorial board make every effort to review manuscripts thoroughly and promptly. The editor initially determines whether the content of the manuscript is appropriate for the journal and whether there is sufficient publication potential to proceed with anonymous reviews. Manuscripts that do not pass this initial screening are returned immediately. Manuscripts that do pass initial screening will be sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation. Manuscripts about research with students as subjects/respondents will generally be considered when such student participation is directly relevant the topic of the study, e.g., students as targets of recruitment. A manuscript sent out for the review process is typically completed in eight to ten weeks.
For editorial policies or questions regarding the journal, feel free to contact the editor, Dr. Matthew Koschmann, at koschmann@colorado.edu.
Resources for professional editing
Authors who want to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider utilizing the services of SPi, a non-affiliated company that offers Professional Editing Services to authors of journal articles in the areas of science, technology, medicine or the social sciences. SPi specializes in editing and correcting English-language manuscripts written by authors with a primary language other than English. Visit http://www.prof-editing.com for more information about SPi’s Professional Editing Services, pricing, and turn-around times, or to obtain a free quote or submit a manuscript for language polishing.
Please be aware that Sage has no affiliation with SPi and makes no endorsement of the company.
Sage Author Services also offers English language editing, translation and editing, manuscript formatting, infographics & video abstracts, among other services to authors. If interested, please find more information at: http://languageservices.sagepub.com/en/
An author’s use of Sage Author Services or SPi’s services in no way guarantees that the author's submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and the editing service, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.
ORCID
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
For more information, please refer to the Sage Manuscript Submission Guidelines.