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Research Agenda

Balancing practitioners’ immediate information needs and emerging professional development concerns

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Research Agenda

Current Issues
  • Best practices
  • Privacy concerns and public opinion
  • Implications of court decisions
  • Telecommunication regulation impact
  • Employee attitudes
  • Internet issues
Original Research
  • Diversity
  • Language of the workplace
  • Universal access to communication technology
  • Changing relationships among employers and employees
  • Impact of electronic communication
Environmental Scanning
  • Communication "report cards" on organizations
  • Impact of market trends on communication
Research Tools
  • Compilations of existing research
  • Applications for past and current research
 

Professional Roles

  • Position and salary profiles
  • Status of women/minorities in profession
  • HR influence on employee communication
  • School-to work transitions for communicators
  • Small business/entrepreneur concerns
  • Ethics in communication
  • Tax issues