Our Research Fellows speak about topics such as news avoidance, trust, misinformation, local news, and polarisation.
Members of the media are New York City, U.S. April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Wednesday 26 May 2021
As the 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) unfolds online, we share the titles and abstracts of the talks prepared by the members of our research team. Attendees can find the talks by logging in to the conference platform.
Much of the work presented at ICA is work in progress, and some of the details contained in abstracts may have changed since they were submitted in November 2020.
Abstract
Purpose: How employees connect with their work organisation and how it may play a role in their moral courage and ethical behaviour remain under-explored. This study, using Psychological Contract Theory, aims to explore how employee–organisation connectedness influences employees moral courage and ethical behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: The hypotheses were tested using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) on data collected through a questionnaire survey from 212 Australian healthcare professionals. Findings: Employee connectedness with their work organisations showed a significant and direct impact on ethical behaviour. Along with moral courage, connectedness explained over half of the variance in ethical behaviour. Furthermore, moral courage partially mediated the effect of employee connectedness on ethical behaviour. Research limitations/implications: The overall theoretical implication of this study is that psychological contracts betw
Abstract
The globe is facing a never before seen pandemic situation because of Covid-19. Virtual workspaces have become a reality today. With the emergence of newer ways of working, it is necessary to ensure that employees contribute and feel involved in the workspace. This paper attempts to explore the ways in which practitioners and policymakers of inclusion perceive it at the workplace in the current COVID-19 pandemic, outline the role of leaders in fostering inclusion, and empirically test how organizational inclusion (OI) impacts organizational outcomes during the disturbing times. The participants were employees working in the service sector companies in India. A mixed-method approach would be adopted for data collection. The content analysis technique would be used for the qualitative data analysis and Partial Least Square – Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the quantitative data. The paper provides insights on how inclusion is perceived differently by each