Alison Berry
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Biography
West Texas A&M University - Business
Assistant Professor of Business Communication & Assistant Director of Continuous Improvement at West Texas AM University
Higher Education
Alison
Berry
Canyon, Texas
Seeking to connect with people in the industry of higher education and university teaching to further my career in the field.
Specialties: Blackboard, Online Course Development, Communication Studies
Experience
Cloud County Community College
Adjunct Instructor
Teach Personal Finance, Business Communications, Small Business Management, and Public Speaking to undergraduate students at the Junction City, Geary County, campus.
Wallace Community College
Adjunct Faculty Member
Teach Speech 103 to the developmental college students. Develop classroom learning and online classroom.
West Texas A&M University College of Business
Assistant Professor of Business Communication & Management
Teach graduate and undergraduate Conflict Resolution & Negotiation, Business Communications, and Cross Cultural Communication through online and on-ground modalities. Demonstrate commitment to quality teaching and scholarly activity.
West Texas A&M University College of Business
Assistant Director of Continuous Improvement
Support efforts that advance assessment and assurance of learning efforts in the Engler College of Business and play an integral role in BUSI 6105 under the direction put forth by the Assistant Dean.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Assistant Director of Academic Support
Participate in the general administrative, academic, marketing, public relations and financial management of the campus.
Education
Bellevue University
MA
Managerial Communications
Concentration in BusinessBellevue University
BA
Communications
The Master of Arts in Managerial Communication provides a communication core with an emphasis on leadership skills.University of Kansas
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Communication Studies
Specializations in Organizational & Interpersonal Communication Advisor: Dr. Adrianne Kunkel Dissertation Topic: A Model of Rhetorical Legitimization and the Case of Quality Assessment in Higher Education
Publications
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
Communicating social support online: A new classification dichotomy for exploring coping in interaction concerning infertility
Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology
Objective: This study explores how social support is utilised in the context of an online infertility support group. Background: Social support is often studied to decipher how those with health concerns cope through communication and interaction. Method: Online socially supportive messages (N = 200) were examined using a hybrid approach (i.e. deductive and inductive) to thematic analysis. Results: Analysis developed a dichotomy of social support (i.e. normative and transformative themes). This dichotomy creates a new theoretical framework for evaluating social support with implications for cognitive coping strategy. The normative and emotional themes were the most frequently represented in the studied context demonstrating overall network-level positivity. Messages did not demonstrate tangible support. Conclusion: Expected characteristics of emotional and informational support were demonstrated, but the forum included no tangible support. The support messages also possessed latent characteristics that should be further studied to understand implications for forum participant coping.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
Communicating social support online: A new classification dichotomy for exploring coping in interaction concerning infertility
Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology
Objective: This study explores how social support is utilised in the context of an online infertility support group. Background: Social support is often studied to decipher how those with health concerns cope through communication and interaction. Method: Online socially supportive messages (N = 200) were examined using a hybrid approach (i.e. deductive and inductive) to thematic analysis. Results: Analysis developed a dichotomy of social support (i.e. normative and transformative themes). This dichotomy creates a new theoretical framework for evaluating social support with implications for cognitive coping strategy. The normative and emotional themes were the most frequently represented in the studied context demonstrating overall network-level positivity. Messages did not demonstrate tangible support. Conclusion: Expected characteristics of emotional and informational support were demonstrated, but the forum included no tangible support. The support messages also possessed latent characteristics that should be further studied to understand implications for forum participant coping.
The Tully Message Box as a heuristic for modeling legal argumentation and detecting covert advocacy
Souther Law Journal
The formalization of covert advocacy techniques highlights the struggle attorneys experience balancing service to clients and service to the justice system. Advocacy is a standard and expected courtroom practice, and covert advocacy, directed at persuading the jury to such a degree that jury independence may effectively be lost, is not a recent invention. Formalization of covert advocacy tactics and support for such in the literature is more recent and raises the issue of when covert advocacy may distort traditional persuasion into manipulation. The Tully Message Box (TMB) provides a framework for modeling legal argumentation and discusses the use of covert advocacy. By utilizing the TMB, attorneys may be better positioned to identify the advocacy path in a case and reveal which issues are ripe for opposing counsel's use of covert advocacy. Outside the courtroom, the TMB can be used for analyzing cases in classrooms to engender discussions about covert advocacy techniques in cases which present ethical dilemmas. The prosecution's view of United States v. Harold Austin is analyzed using the TMB to demonstrate how this framework can be used to discuss the ethics of covert advocacy and to indicate how it may be used in the future to augment trial preparation.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
Communicating social support online: A new classification dichotomy for exploring coping in interaction concerning infertility
Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology
Objective: This study explores how social support is utilised in the context of an online infertility support group. Background: Social support is often studied to decipher how those with health concerns cope through communication and interaction. Method: Online socially supportive messages (N = 200) were examined using a hybrid approach (i.e. deductive and inductive) to thematic analysis. Results: Analysis developed a dichotomy of social support (i.e. normative and transformative themes). This dichotomy creates a new theoretical framework for evaluating social support with implications for cognitive coping strategy. The normative and emotional themes were the most frequently represented in the studied context demonstrating overall network-level positivity. Messages did not demonstrate tangible support. Conclusion: Expected characteristics of emotional and informational support were demonstrated, but the forum included no tangible support. The support messages also possessed latent characteristics that should be further studied to understand implications for forum participant coping.
The Tully Message Box as a heuristic for modeling legal argumentation and detecting covert advocacy
Souther Law Journal
The formalization of covert advocacy techniques highlights the struggle attorneys experience balancing service to clients and service to the justice system. Advocacy is a standard and expected courtroom practice, and covert advocacy, directed at persuading the jury to such a degree that jury independence may effectively be lost, is not a recent invention. Formalization of covert advocacy tactics and support for such in the literature is more recent and raises the issue of when covert advocacy may distort traditional persuasion into manipulation. The Tully Message Box (TMB) provides a framework for modeling legal argumentation and discusses the use of covert advocacy. By utilizing the TMB, attorneys may be better positioned to identify the advocacy path in a case and reveal which issues are ripe for opposing counsel's use of covert advocacy. Outside the courtroom, the TMB can be used for analyzing cases in classrooms to engender discussions about covert advocacy techniques in cases which present ethical dilemmas. The prosecution's view of United States v. Harold Austin is analyzed using the TMB to demonstrate how this framework can be used to discuss the ethics of covert advocacy and to indicate how it may be used in the future to augment trial preparation.
Online news media reports on empirical business research: An exploratory thematic analysis in the knowledge mobilization of business information
Business Information Review
This study explored how empirical business research is translated into business information for professional use within online news media reports. A hybrid approach to thematic analysis was utilized to investigate a sample of new media reports (N = 53) on recent business research. The analysis revealed that the news media reports generally (1) contained informational categories pertaining to those typically detailed in social-scientific research and (2) utilized either a negative or positive frame for communicating research results. The results of this study reinforce the conceptualization of news media outlets as an intermediary in knowledge mobilization of business information. Additionally, the results of this study identify communicative strategies utilized in news media reports on business research that may allow business information creators to understand how research may be conveyed to knowledge managers and practitioners.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
Communicating social support online: A new classification dichotomy for exploring coping in interaction concerning infertility
Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology
Objective: This study explores how social support is utilised in the context of an online infertility support group. Background: Social support is often studied to decipher how those with health concerns cope through communication and interaction. Method: Online socially supportive messages (N = 200) were examined using a hybrid approach (i.e. deductive and inductive) to thematic analysis. Results: Analysis developed a dichotomy of social support (i.e. normative and transformative themes). This dichotomy creates a new theoretical framework for evaluating social support with implications for cognitive coping strategy. The normative and emotional themes were the most frequently represented in the studied context demonstrating overall network-level positivity. Messages did not demonstrate tangible support. Conclusion: Expected characteristics of emotional and informational support were demonstrated, but the forum included no tangible support. The support messages also possessed latent characteristics that should be further studied to understand implications for forum participant coping.
The Tully Message Box as a heuristic for modeling legal argumentation and detecting covert advocacy
Souther Law Journal
The formalization of covert advocacy techniques highlights the struggle attorneys experience balancing service to clients and service to the justice system. Advocacy is a standard and expected courtroom practice, and covert advocacy, directed at persuading the jury to such a degree that jury independence may effectively be lost, is not a recent invention. Formalization of covert advocacy tactics and support for such in the literature is more recent and raises the issue of when covert advocacy may distort traditional persuasion into manipulation. The Tully Message Box (TMB) provides a framework for modeling legal argumentation and discusses the use of covert advocacy. By utilizing the TMB, attorneys may be better positioned to identify the advocacy path in a case and reveal which issues are ripe for opposing counsel's use of covert advocacy. Outside the courtroom, the TMB can be used for analyzing cases in classrooms to engender discussions about covert advocacy techniques in cases which present ethical dilemmas. The prosecution's view of United States v. Harold Austin is analyzed using the TMB to demonstrate how this framework can be used to discuss the ethics of covert advocacy and to indicate how it may be used in the future to augment trial preparation.
Online news media reports on empirical business research: An exploratory thematic analysis in the knowledge mobilization of business information
Business Information Review
This study explored how empirical business research is translated into business information for professional use within online news media reports. A hybrid approach to thematic analysis was utilized to investigate a sample of new media reports (N = 53) on recent business research. The analysis revealed that the news media reports generally (1) contained informational categories pertaining to those typically detailed in social-scientific research and (2) utilized either a negative or positive frame for communicating research results. The results of this study reinforce the conceptualization of news media outlets as an intermediary in knowledge mobilization of business information. Additionally, the results of this study identify communicative strategies utilized in news media reports on business research that may allow business information creators to understand how research may be conveyed to knowledge managers and practitioners.
Integrating Apple TV into a Digital Media System in Higher Education
Journal of Retail Analytics
This article explores the use of DMS in higher education which matches trends in technological communication expectations. Many audiences are no longer searching for information using a web browser. Instead, electronic messages are now regularly communicated through apps, or semi-closed, often non-searchable, platforms that curate information based on the user’s preferences and habits. DMS allows for the same strategy to be used for organizational communication at a university. Through the use of DMS, digital signage can now be strategically aligned with student location, class times, and various other factors important to the probability of audience exposure and information consump- tion.3 Select media systems allow a university to identify, select, and display specific categories of information pertinent to its stakeholders. Additionally, information can be continuously updated for relevancy.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
Communicating social support online: A new classification dichotomy for exploring coping in interaction concerning infertility
Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology
Objective: This study explores how social support is utilised in the context of an online infertility support group. Background: Social support is often studied to decipher how those with health concerns cope through communication and interaction. Method: Online socially supportive messages (N = 200) were examined using a hybrid approach (i.e. deductive and inductive) to thematic analysis. Results: Analysis developed a dichotomy of social support (i.e. normative and transformative themes). This dichotomy creates a new theoretical framework for evaluating social support with implications for cognitive coping strategy. The normative and emotional themes were the most frequently represented in the studied context demonstrating overall network-level positivity. Messages did not demonstrate tangible support. Conclusion: Expected characteristics of emotional and informational support were demonstrated, but the forum included no tangible support. The support messages also possessed latent characteristics that should be further studied to understand implications for forum participant coping.
The Tully Message Box as a heuristic for modeling legal argumentation and detecting covert advocacy
Souther Law Journal
The formalization of covert advocacy techniques highlights the struggle attorneys experience balancing service to clients and service to the justice system. Advocacy is a standard and expected courtroom practice, and covert advocacy, directed at persuading the jury to such a degree that jury independence may effectively be lost, is not a recent invention. Formalization of covert advocacy tactics and support for such in the literature is more recent and raises the issue of when covert advocacy may distort traditional persuasion into manipulation. The Tully Message Box (TMB) provides a framework for modeling legal argumentation and discusses the use of covert advocacy. By utilizing the TMB, attorneys may be better positioned to identify the advocacy path in a case and reveal which issues are ripe for opposing counsel's use of covert advocacy. Outside the courtroom, the TMB can be used for analyzing cases in classrooms to engender discussions about covert advocacy techniques in cases which present ethical dilemmas. The prosecution's view of United States v. Harold Austin is analyzed using the TMB to demonstrate how this framework can be used to discuss the ethics of covert advocacy and to indicate how it may be used in the future to augment trial preparation.
Online news media reports on empirical business research: An exploratory thematic analysis in the knowledge mobilization of business information
Business Information Review
This study explored how empirical business research is translated into business information for professional use within online news media reports. A hybrid approach to thematic analysis was utilized to investigate a sample of new media reports (N = 53) on recent business research. The analysis revealed that the news media reports generally (1) contained informational categories pertaining to those typically detailed in social-scientific research and (2) utilized either a negative or positive frame for communicating research results. The results of this study reinforce the conceptualization of news media outlets as an intermediary in knowledge mobilization of business information. Additionally, the results of this study identify communicative strategies utilized in news media reports on business research that may allow business information creators to understand how research may be conveyed to knowledge managers and practitioners.
Integrating Apple TV into a Digital Media System in Higher Education
Journal of Retail Analytics
This article explores the use of DMS in higher education which matches trends in technological communication expectations. Many audiences are no longer searching for information using a web browser. Instead, electronic messages are now regularly communicated through apps, or semi-closed, often non-searchable, platforms that curate information based on the user’s preferences and habits. DMS allows for the same strategy to be used for organizational communication at a university. Through the use of DMS, digital signage can now be strategically aligned with student location, class times, and various other factors important to the probability of audience exposure and information consump- tion.3 Select media systems allow a university to identify, select, and display specific categories of information pertinent to its stakeholders. Additionally, information can be continuously updated for relevancy.
An exploratory analysis of employer branding in healthcare
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing
The purpose of this paper is to explore how large, public companies in the health industry communicatively engage in employer branding on career homepages.
A Communications Manager's Qualifications to Enter the Work Force: The Frequency and Distribution of Requirements
Journal of Business and Leadership
This article examines the frequency and distribution of requirements placed on communication managers within recruitment advertisements. The characteristics of recruitment advertisements seeking entry to mid-level communications managers within the Midwest region of the United States were divided into several categories including years of experience, formal education, and educational accreditation status. These categories were analyzed to identify trends and produce conclusions. The conclusions presented with the article indicate employers seek well-rounded and multi-faceted candidates, but overlook educational accreditation as a prerequisite for employment. Additionally, the article evidences formal education and years of experience as an enhancement to a job seeker's qualifications within workforce. The results of the current study prove valuable in providing information about the field of communications, the job market, general hiring processes, and the workforce. This article recommends further research in job market analysis with emphasis on educational accreditation and its impact on the workforce,job market, and economy.
Legitimization as a rhetorical process in a regulatory agency: An examination of rhetoric from the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Journal of Communication Management
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the US Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) communicatively engaged in legitimization concerning accreditation. This study utilized the rhetorical analysis approach outlined by Hoffman and Ford (2010) to explore the accreditation-related texts from an online source created by CHEA, Information About Accreditation. The analysis identified three overarching approaches to include: isomorphism to address regulatory legitimacy, organizational identity management to address pragmatic legitimacy, and a dialogic approach to address normative legitimacy. This analysis also developed a new theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that can be summarized as: organizations foster a type of legitimacy through a legitimizing strategy by demonstrating how the purpose of the legitimizing strategy is achieved by the implementation of the legitimizing strategy. Limitations include that data were gathered only from online, web-based texts during a period in which the rhetorical situation was ongoing. This study expands research concerning the rhetorical approach to issues management in that it examines the way legitimacy is negotiated through the various rhetorical strategies of an organization. Additionally, information is offered about the rhetorical structure of texts when an organization seeks to legitimize certain ideas. This analysis developed a theoretical model for the rhetorical construction of legitimacy, “A Model for the Rhetorical Construction of Legitimacy,” that demonstrates important relationships between legitimizing strategies and types of legitimacy. Understanding these relationships may allow for a better interpretation of how legitimacy theory is represented within a communicative venture.
Corporate Social Responsibility within the Quality Assurance Standards of Higher Educational Accreditation Agencies
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
This study examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in the standards of higher education accreditation as published by regional and national agencies. Standards for accreditation (N=1451) were examined using template-style thematic analysis. CSR was communicated in four themes: economics, legalities, ethics, and philanthropy. The economic theme was the most frequently presented, consistent with CSR theory. In contrast, evidence of the remaining CSR themes was inconsistent with expectations as outlined in Carroll’s (1999) model for CSR. Implications for the higher education industry and CSR theory, limitations of this study, and directions for further research are addressed.
Communicating social support online: A new classification dichotomy for exploring coping in interaction concerning infertility
Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology
Objective: This study explores how social support is utilised in the context of an online infertility support group. Background: Social support is often studied to decipher how those with health concerns cope through communication and interaction. Method: Online socially supportive messages (N = 200) were examined using a hybrid approach (i.e. deductive and inductive) to thematic analysis. Results: Analysis developed a dichotomy of social support (i.e. normative and transformative themes). This dichotomy creates a new theoretical framework for evaluating social support with implications for cognitive coping strategy. The normative and emotional themes were the most frequently represented in the studied context demonstrating overall network-level positivity. Messages did not demonstrate tangible support. Conclusion: Expected characteristics of emotional and informational support were demonstrated, but the forum included no tangible support. The support messages also possessed latent characteristics that should be further studied to understand implications for forum participant coping.
The Tully Message Box as a heuristic for modeling legal argumentation and detecting covert advocacy
Souther Law Journal
The formalization of covert advocacy techniques highlights the struggle attorneys experience balancing service to clients and service to the justice system. Advocacy is a standard and expected courtroom practice, and covert advocacy, directed at persuading the jury to such a degree that jury independence may effectively be lost, is not a recent invention. Formalization of covert advocacy tactics and support for such in the literature is more recent and raises the issue of when covert advocacy may distort traditional persuasion into manipulation. The Tully Message Box (TMB) provides a framework for modeling legal argumentation and discusses the use of covert advocacy. By utilizing the TMB, attorneys may be better positioned to identify the advocacy path in a case and reveal which issues are ripe for opposing counsel's use of covert advocacy. Outside the courtroom, the TMB can be used for analyzing cases in classrooms to engender discussions about covert advocacy techniques in cases which present ethical dilemmas. The prosecution's view of United States v. Harold Austin is analyzed using the TMB to demonstrate how this framework can be used to discuss the ethics of covert advocacy and to indicate how it may be used in the future to augment trial preparation.
Online news media reports on empirical business research: An exploratory thematic analysis in the knowledge mobilization of business information
Business Information Review
This study explored how empirical business research is translated into business information for professional use within online news media reports. A hybrid approach to thematic analysis was utilized to investigate a sample of new media reports (N = 53) on recent business research. The analysis revealed that the news media reports generally (1) contained informational categories pertaining to those typically detailed in social-scientific research and (2) utilized either a negative or positive frame for communicating research results. The results of this study reinforce the conceptualization of news media outlets as an intermediary in knowledge mobilization of business information. Additionally, the results of this study identify communicative strategies utilized in news media reports on business research that may allow business information creators to understand how research may be conveyed to knowledge managers and practitioners.
Integrating Apple TV into a Digital Media System in Higher Education
Journal of Retail Analytics
This article explores the use of DMS in higher education which matches trends in technological communication expectations. Many audiences are no longer searching for information using a web browser. Instead, electronic messages are now regularly communicated through apps, or semi-closed, often non-searchable, platforms that curate information based on the user’s preferences and habits. DMS allows for the same strategy to be used for organizational communication at a university. Through the use of DMS, digital signage can now be strategically aligned with student location, class times, and various other factors important to the probability of audience exposure and information consump- tion.3 Select media systems allow a university to identify, select, and display specific categories of information pertinent to its stakeholders. Additionally, information can be continuously updated for relevancy.
An exploratory analysis of employer branding in healthcare
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing
The purpose of this paper is to explore how large, public companies in the health industry communicatively engage in employer branding on career homepages.
The relationship of accreditation and student engagement in a college of business: An internal, multi-year comparison of high impact practices
The International Journal of Management Education
This study examines a college of business at a regional university, according to High Impact Practices on the National Survey of Student Engagement as compared to student engagement at the regional university as a whole. Seven years of data across five High Impact Practices for both the college of business as well as its greater regional university were examined using a two-proportion z-test. The study concluded that the college of business was more stable than the greater university across four of the High Impact Practices. This study reveals that a college of business may function as an independent entity from its greater university concerning High Impact Practice participation which may be contextualized by the accreditation process. Specifically, the unique attributes of programmatic accreditation, as opposed to the institutional accreditation that all colleges and programs within a university must satisfy, may change behaviors related to student engagement.
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