An Empirical Investigation of the Communication Content in Reputable Management Journals

Business Studies Journal, Volume 4, Special Issue, Number 1, 2012

25 Pages Posted: 28 Dec 2013

Date Written: November 1, 2012

Abstract

I used one-way analysis of variance to test mean differences among the occurrences of the five communications (business communication, organizational communication, management communication, corporate communication and technical communication) as content in 39 management and specialized journals across five tiers. I found that among the five communications organizational communication was the only communication subject that differed between tiers 4 and 5. Means also differed among “super-cited” seminal articles, based on a Google Scholar search, and tiers. The occurrences of communication across five journal tiers were statistically the same on four of six null hypotheses tested; therefore, there appears to be no inherent bias in the occurrences of communication content in the management journals.

Keywords: ranking, journals, management, tiers, quality, communication

JEL Classification: Z00

Suggested Citation

Bell, Reginald, An Empirical Investigation of the Communication Content in Reputable Management Journals (November 1, 2012). Business Studies Journal, Volume 4, Special Issue, Number 1, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2372205

Reginald Bell (Contact Author)

Prairie View A&M University ( email )

Prairie View, TX
United States
9362619247 (Phone)
77433-6048 (Fax)

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