Topic: The Language of Strategic Communication
Lecture 1: Introduction of the course
Hallahan, K., Holtzhausen, D., Van Ruler, B., Verčič, D., & Sriramesh, K. (2007). Defining
strategic communication. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 1(1), 3-
35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15531180701285244
Werder, K. P., Nothhaft, H., Verčič, D., & Zerfass, A. (2018). Strategic communication as an
emerging interdisciplinary paradigm. International Journal of Strategic
Communication, 12(4), 333-351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2018.1494181
Lecture 2: Training
Grice, H.P. (1975). Logic and conversation. Chapter 32 in D. Levitin (Ed, 2002), Foundations
of Cognitive Psychology. MIT Press.
Lam, C. F., Lee, C., & Sui, Y. (2019). Say it as it is: Consequences of voice directness, voice
politeness, and voicer credibility on voice endorsement. Journal of Applied Psychology,
104(5), 642-658. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000358
Miller-Ott, A. E., & Kelly, L. (2017). A politeness theory analysis of cell-phone usage in the
presence of friends. Communication Studies, 68(2), 190-207.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2017.1299024
Lecture 3: Organizing
Giles, H., & Baker, S. (2008). Communication accommodation theory. In Donsbach, W.
(ed.), International Encyclopedia of Communication, Blackwell: Oxford, Vol. II, pp. 645-
648. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405186407.wbiecc067
Liao, W., Bazarova, N. N., & Yuan, Y. C. (2018). Expertise judgment and communication
accommodation in linguistic styles in computer-mediated and face-to-face
groups. Communication Research, 45(8), 1122-
1145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093650215626974
Teboul, J. C. B., & Yoon, K. (2019). Other tongues at work: Foreign language accommodation
in multilingual organizations in the US. Howard Journal of Communications, 30(5), 371-
390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2018.1466745
Van Swol, L. M., & Kane, A. A. (2019). Language and group processes: An integrative,
interdisciplinary review. Small Group Research, 50(1), 3-
38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046496418785019
Lecture 4: Analyzing
Beukeboom, C. J., & Burgers, C. (2019). How stereotypes are shared through language: A
review and introduction of the Social Categories and Stereotypes Communication (SCSC)
framework. Review of Communication Research, 7, 1-37.
http://dx.doi.org/10.12840/issn.2255-4165.017
, Riccobono, F., Bruccoleri, M., & Größler, A. (2016). Groupthink and project performance: The
influence of personal traits and interpersonal ties. Production and Operations
Management, 25(4), 609-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/poms.12431
Lecture 5: Integrating
No literature, but the content of the guest lectures is part of the exam.
Lecture 6: Creating
Althuizen, N. (2017). Communicating a key benefit claim creatively and effectively through
five conveyor properties. Psychology & Marketing, 34(1), 5-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mar.20970
Veale, T. (2012). Shock and awe: Creating a disruption on the road more (or less) travelled. In
T. Veale (2012). Exploding the Creativity Myth: Exploring the Foundations of Linguistic
Creativity. London: Bloomsbury.
Lecture 7: Advising
Burgers, C. (2016). Conceptualizing change in communication through metaphor. Journal of
Communication, 66(2), 250-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12211
Logemann, M., Piekkari, R., & Cornelissen, J. (2019). The sense of it all: Framing and
narratives in sensegiving about a strategic change. Long Range Planning, 52(5),
101852. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.10.002
Malvini Redden, S., Clark, L., Tracy, S. J., & Shafer, M. S. (2019). How metaphorical framings
build and undermine resilience during change: A longitudinal study of metaphors in team-
driven planned organizational change. Communication Monographs, 86(4), 501-
525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2019.1621361
