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Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, is quoted in “Workers are Unionizing. How Should Management Respond?” published in Fortune on Jan. 23. The article focuses on how communication can help either resolve the conflict between…

Organizational leadership requires much more than a good head for business, knowledge of market trends or analyzing accounting spreadsheets. Important as those things may be to understanding your business, understanding employees, and how to get them to understand your business, is critical for success.

Many companies have made commitments toward diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in recent years. Recent research has shown that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives improve creativity, innovation, productivity and organizational performance.

The global pandemic has thrust internal communications into the forefront of organizations, as companies and their leaders are realizing how important it is to keep their employees informed, connected, motivated and engaged. To address organizations’ need for communication strategies grounded in research and guided by practice, the University of Florida…

Organizations are increasingly embracing the differences between employees and actively promoting diversity in the workplace. Researchers wanted to see if there was a possible link between organizational diversity communication efforts and levels of employee engagement.

Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, is the co-author of “The Power of AI-Enabled Chatbots as an Organizational Social Media Listening Tool,” a chapter in the new book Organizations Listening for Strategic Communication: Building Theory…

Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, Won-Ki Moon, Advertising assistant professor, and Haoran “Chris” Chu, Public Relations assistant professor, and doctoral student Jie Jin, are the recipients of four of the 19 2023 Page/Johnson Legacy…

A new study has found that internal communication can help strengthen employee organizational engagement. The findings by Linjuan Rita Men, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research, and Ana Tkalac Verčič were featured in “Redefining the Link Between Internal Communication…

Organizational culture is a social glue that holds organizational members together and prescribes how things are understood, judged, and valued in an organization. What can leaders do to promote the positive emotional culture of the workplace? How can internal communications cultivate a positive emotional culture and facilitate employees’ sense of belonging in their organizations?

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Cen “April” Yue  is the lead author of “Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification” published in the International Journal of Business Communication on March 31. Yue, Public Relations Associate Professor Rita Men and…

An interview with Dr. Rita men on her new book, the power of using smart communication to reach internal stakeholders and why it is good for business.