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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

Official Publication of the Association for Business Communication

eISSN: 23294922 | ISSN: 23294906 | Current volume: 87 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: Quarterly

View the 2016 Publications for the Association for Business Communication Journals Package, including Business and Professional Communication Quarterly and the International Journal of Business Communication.

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly is the only refereed journal devoted to research that advances the teaching of communication in the workplace. BPCQ publishes scholarship that advances knowledge about business and professional communication pedagogy and praxis in both academic and workplace settings. Articles in BPCQ present a variety of theoretical, applied, and practical approaches and perspectives, including technical and scientific communication, rhetoric, program design and assessment, the impact of technology, sustainability, global and multicultural issues, nonprofit communication, qualitative and quantitative research on classroom teaching, and case studies of best practices. BPCQ especially welcomes manuscripts that address the principles of SoTL (scholarship of teaching and learning).

Subscribers to Business and Professional Communication Quarterly also receive a subscription to International Journal of Business Communication. To learn more about subscription information click here.

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly is the only referred journal devoted to research that advances the teaching of communication in the workplace. The journal aims to present the many interdisciplinary, international, and organizational perspectives that characterize the field and specifically to publish research that advances knowledge about business and professional communication pedagogy and praxis in both academic and workplace settings, including technical and scientific communication, rhetoric, program design and assessment, the impact of technology, sustainability, global and multicultural issues, nonprofit communication, and best practices.

As an interdisciplinary journal, BPCQ welcomes manuscripts that address a variety of theoretical, applied, and practical approaches and topics in the teaching and praxis of business, corporate, organizational, professional, or technical communication, including qualitative and quantitative research on classroom teaching or assessment, case studies of specific classroom techniques, reports on strategies for program development, innovative assignments or methodologies, and reviews of scholarship relevant to business and professional communication pedagogy. BPCQ especially welcomes manuscripts that address the principles of SoTL (scholarship of teaching and learning).

Editor
Robyn Walker University of Southern California, USA
Managing Editor
Kathryn Rybka University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Associate Editor
Mark Hannah Arizona State University, USA
Chris Lam University of North Texas, USA
Daneshwar Sharma Jaipuria Institute of Management, India
William T. "Toby" Holmes University of New Mexico, USA
Book Review Editor
Rachel Dolechek Fort Hays State University, USA
Editorial Review Board
Nicole Amare University of South Alabama, USA
Abram Anders Iowa State University, USA
Deborah C. Andrews University of Delaware, USA
Reginald Bell Prairie View A&M University, USA
Janel Bloch Northern Kentucky University, USA
Charlotte Brammer Samford University, USA
Eva Brumberger Arizona State University, USA
Kim Sydow Campbell University of North Texas, USA
Peter Cardon University of Southern California, USA
Teena Carnegie Eastern Washington University, USA
Stephen Carradini Arizona State University, USA
Rodney Carveth Morgan State University, USA
Vidhi Chaudhri Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dale Cyphert University of Northern Iowa, USA
Erika Darics University of Groningen, Netherlands
Menno De Jong University of Twente, Netherlands
Sam DeKay BNY Mellon Corp., USA
Bertha Du-Babcock Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan
Megan L. Endres Eastern Michigan University, USA
Carolin Fleischmann Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Jeremy P. Fyke Belmont University, USA
Benjamin Garner University of North Georgia, USA
Valerie Goby Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Zachary Goldman University of Louisville, USA
Faith Gray Massey University, New Zealand
Mary Ellen Guffey Los Angeles Pierce College, USA
Geert Jacobs University of Gent, Belgium
Daphne Jameson Cornell University, USA
Natasha N. Jones Michigan State University, USA
Laurence José Grand Valley State University, USA
Anne Kankaanranta Aalto University School of Economics, Finland
Oliver Laasch University of Manchester, UK
Minna Logemann Baruch College, The City University of New York, USA
Kristen Lucas University of Louisville, USA
Jo Mackiewicz Iowa State University, USA
Mary Marcel Bentley University, USA
Lisa Melonçon University of South Florida, USA
Michael Meredith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Catherine Nickerson Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Lorelei Ortiz St. Edwards University, USA
Marcy Orwig University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA
Sushil K. Oswal University of Washington, Tacoma, USA
Marcia Pentz University of Virginia, USA
Roslyn Petelin University of Queensland, Australia
Rebecca Pope-Ruark Georgia Tech, USA
Chrysi Rapanta Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Kathryn Rentz University of Cincinnati, USA
Marcel Marie Robles Eastern Kentucky University, USA
David Alan Sapp Loyola Marymount University, USA
Matthew Sharp Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Barbara Shwom Northwestern University, USA
Megan Siczek George Washington University, USA
Mary Simpson University of Waikato, New Zealand
Kirk St. Amant Louisiana Tech University, USA
Anthony Townley Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan
Candice Welhausen University of Delaware, USA
D. Joel Whalen DePaul University, USA
Leigh Ann Whittle USA
Katherine V. Wills Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, USA
Susan Youngblood Auburn University, USA
Yunxia Zhu University of Queensland, Australia
ABC Officers and Directors
Judith Ainsworth ABC President, McGill University, Canada
Jolanta Aritz Regional Vice President, Western U.S., Brigham Young University, USA
Ann Springer and Scott Springer Regional Vice President, Western U.S., Brigham Young University, USA
Barbara Bolt Regional Vice President, Southeastern U.S., University of South Carolina, USA
Valerie Creelman Regional Vice President, Canada, Saint Mary’s College, Canada
Kristen Getchell Regional Vice President, Eastern U.S., Babson College, USA
Patricia Harms ABC Vice President, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Paula Lentz Regional Vice President, Midwestern U.S., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA
Ursula Lutzky Regional Vice President, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Ana Lucia Magalhaes Regional Vice President, Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, State of Sao Paulo Technological College, Brazil
Kathryn Rybka ABC Executive Director, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Lucia Sigmar Regional Vice President, Southwestern U.S., Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
Barbara Shwom Past President, Communication Partners, USA
Misa Fujio Regional Vice President, Asia and the Pacific, Toyo University, Japan
ABC Directors at Large
William Christopher Brown Midland College, USA
Christina McDowell Cornell University, USA
Leslie Ramos Salazar West Texas A&M University, USA
Leslie Seawright Missouri State University, USA
Lisa Gueldenzoph Snyder North Carolina A&T University, USA
Christopher Toth Grand Valley State University, USA
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  • Submission Guidelines

    Articles should be submitted via the Manuscript Central online submission system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bcq. Please note the following points in particular as you prepare your files for online submission:

    1. Follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) in preparing the manuscript. For points not covered in the APA manual, refer to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed., 2017). In general, articles should not exceed 25 pages, excluding tables, figures, references, and notes.

    2. Prepare a separate title page file that includes the following information in the order shown:
    manuscript title (maximum of 12 words)

    • each author’s name, institutional affiliation, city and state of institutional affiliation, and email address
    • email address; office, home, and fax phone numbers; and mailing address of the author to whom all correspondence should be sent
    • the number of words in the article (including all parts)
    • an author biography (50 words maximum) for each author; consult the APA manual and see recent issues for examples
    • any acknowledgments or information about manuscript history (e.g., basis in a conference presentation
    • include any information regarding approval by an institutional review board (include IRB number) or research ethics committee; also include confirmation of required participant informed consent and permission to reproduce any comments or data.  Please note that we are unable to consider any manuscripts based on human subjects research without verification that all ethics procedures have been followed.

    3. Prepare a 100-word (maximum) abstract and at least three keywords.

    4. Prepare a separate manuscript file that begins with the title, followed by the abstract, keywords, and main text. Do not include any personal or institutional identification in the body of the manuscript. Use double spacing throughout, at least 1" margins all around, with left justification only, and as little formatting as possible. Do not use footnotes or endnotes unless content notes are absolutely necessary. Include “placeholder” callouts to indicate the placement of any tables or figures (e.g., “Insert Table 1 about here”).

    5. Include a list of references at the end of the manuscript file. Cite only those works that you build on or challenge, and include only those works actually cited in the manuscript. Follow the APA manual carefully for the content and format of all references.

    6. Prepare a separate file(s) containing all tables, figures, appendixes, or other supplementary material––again, with no personal or institutional identification. In other words, the text should be in one file, tables should be in another file, figures in a third, and appendices in a fourth. Limit visuals to those that can be presented effectively within the journal’s trim size. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be asked to provide camera-ready copies of any graphics or to pay actual preparation costs.

    7. Remove all hidden field codes from any reference manager software used, including Microsoft Word. References and any endnotes should be converted to plain text.

    8. Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions to reproduce any copyrighted material.

    9. All manuscripts must be properly anonymized. That means removing any identifying information about the author(s), including self-citations. Any self-citations in references should be re-alphabetized under “A for Author” and should show only author and year.

    Review Process

    Following a satisfactory initial review by the editorial office, all articles are evaluated by at least two reviewers, using a masked peer-review process. We strive to return reviewers’ reports to the author(s) within 8 weeks after the initial editorial review.

    Selection Criteria

    Manuscripts elected for publication must

    • clearly address an issue in the teaching of business communication in academic, corporate, government, or other organizational settings
    • present genuinely useful information on such topics as written, oral, electronic, managerial, interpersonal, organizational, and intercultural communication
    • situate the study in the context of previous research and other published work in the field
    • appeal to a broad range of BCQ’s interdisciplinary and international audience, which includes undergraduate and graduate university educators, community college educators, consultants, and practitioners
    • adhere to ethical guidelines (e.g., for human subjects research) and legal requirements of the country in which the study was conducted
    • serve as a model of effective writing
    • be the original work of the author(s), submitted solely to BPCQ and not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere
    • follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed., 2019)

    Manuscripts selected for publication may be edited as deemed appropriate by the editor. The author retains responsibility for the accuracy of a manuscript published in BPCQ.

    If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in Sage Choice, subject to payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let Sage know directly if you are choosing Sage Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit Sage Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at Sage, including self author archiving deposits (green open access) visit Sage Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.

    As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.

    The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.

    If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.

    For more information, please refer to the Sage Manuscript Submission Guidelines.

    All individual subscriptions are handled by the Association for Business Communication. Subscribers to Business and Professional Communication Quarterly (BPCQ) also receive a subscription to International Journal of Business Communication. Please contact the association for more information at

    Association of Business Communiation
    www.businesscommunication.org
    Marilyn Buerkens
    Office Manager
    Association for Business Communication
    P.O. Box 304
    Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579-0304
    E-mail: abcoffice@businesscommunication.org

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