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The Journal of Business Communication (JBC) Overview: The Journal of Business Communication (JBC) publishes original research that is peer-reviewed. The research makes a significant contribution to the theory and knowledge of the field of business communication. Through this journal, utilizing the genres of liberal arts, administrative disciplines, and the social sciences, the research is approached. The articles that are contained within the JBC typically address all areas of business communication. Included in these areas are the following disciplines: information systems, business composition/technical writing, management communication, organizational and corporate communication, and international business communication. The Journal of Business Communication also invites submissions that deal with the roles of verbal, nonverbal, written, and electronic communication to assist in the creation, maintenance, and performance of profit, as well as for non-profit businesses. The Journal of Business Communication is published by The Association for Business Communication (ABC). ABC is an international organization that is committed to fostering excellence in the areas of research, practice, education, and scholarship. Membership of the ABC is quite interdisciplinary. It includes members from a variety of fields, including English, information systems, management, linguistics, marketing, and speech communication. The size of membership may be found under a searchable member directory in the “Members Only” section of the ABC website. The following information provides a general overview of the Journal of Business Communication. This overview lists Key Words by year, as well as by issue. ** 2005 ** || ** 2006 ** ||  Written business communication; communication challenges; organizational decision-making. || Business communication; culture within the work environment; organization; working teams. || ** 2005 ** || ** 2006 ** || Personality traits in information-seeking behaviors; written business communication; politics and the conduct of interdisciplinary research; the use and effects of email; use of communication technologies. || Behavior; management strategies; sociolinguistic management; technology; literacy; peer review; business communication; customer relationships. || Exploratory analysis of crisis situations; educational preparation for workplace writing; crisis response communication challenges; interpersonal communication tactics; building theory from qualitative data; defining visual rhetorics. || Cultural differences; corporate differences; management; organizational change; visual identity; student communication; engineering. || Collaboration between editorial teams and authors; service providers and customer satisfaction; benefits of companion animals in the workplace; communicative roles and organizational decision-making; aligning art with an organization’s identity. || Business communication; analysis; media; teaching business communication; electronic analysis; instant messaging; discipline practices; business meetings; multicultural business. || Genre analysis of corporate annual report narratives; use of electronic media; managerial reading preferences; employee motivation and how it applies outside of their work stations; evaluating message strategies; communicating with stakeholders during crisis. || Communication; work teams; language in the industry; decision-making; improving communication; students; business communication research; psychology; motivation. ||
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