I am delighted to announce the second issue of the Global Advances in Business Communication (GABC) Journal. As Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, I wanted to announce it here on my blog.
The second issue of the GABC Journal is available for free on line at
The journal as a whole is available at:
ABOUT THE JOURNAL
The GABC Journal is a peer-reviewed journal jointly published by the University of Antwerp, the Technological University of Malaysia and Eastern Michigan University. I am the Editor-in-Chief. The Associate Editors are S. Paul Verluyten at the University of Antwerp and Hadina Habil of the Technological University of Malaysia.
The GABC Journal
publishes original research on interdisciplinary business practices
which shape and are shaped by the changing nature and level of global
business communication. To this end, the GABC Journal
publishes articles that contribute to the knowledge, theory and
practice of the global aspects of business communication in one or more
of the following areas:
- International and cross-cultural business communication and negotiations
- Global integrated marketing communication (IMC) and public relations
- Global business ethics and communication (including international law, government-business relations)
- Languages for business and managerial communication
- E-Semantics*
*E-Semantics
is a term coined for the GABC Journal referring to the cross-cultural,
language-based international issues associated with search terms, string
searches, social media expression, web design, web site user
friendliness and electronic advertising keywords
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST ISSUE: FIVE ARTICLES AND A PANEL DISCUSSION
Articles
This second issue features the articles listed below (the article titles link to the articles themselves)::
Ø David Victor (Eastern Michigan University), Addressing Global Advances in Business Communication from a Global Perspective
Ø Yvonne McLaren-Hankin (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland),
Communicating Luxury to an International Audience: The Case of Scottish Cashmere
Ø Naoki Kameda (Doshisha University, Kyoto), Japanese Global Companies: The Shift from Multinationals to Multiculturals
Ø Margrit Zinggeler (Eastern Michigan University), Understanding and Teaching Variations of Every-Day Business Language and Behavior in German-Speaking Countries
Please download all of the articles in this issue. Our first issue has been very successful with respect to downloads. Indeed, as of October 15, the first issue has had 7310 downloads. This is extremely high for a new journal in a specialized field.
LOOKING FOR ARTICLES FOR THE NEXT ISSUE
The GABC Journal
welcomes articles in all rigorous research methods including both
qualitative, theoretical modeling and quantitative approaches.
The GABC Journal applies masked reviews in which an editor and at a minimum of two subject-related experts examine submitted manuscripts.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Now that the first issue is out, the GABC Journal is looking for its next issue of original articles (not under consideration elsewhere). This would be
- · Traditional scholarly studies of 15-35 double-spaced pages, excluding references, notes, and appendices.
- Commentaries of 10-14 pages, excluding references, notes, and appendices.
Quantitative
manuscripts must report estimates of reliability for all dependent
measures, variance accounted for in tests of significance, and power
estimates when tests fail to achieve significance. Content analysis
employing quantitative measures should note intercoder reliability.
Survey research should describe the sampling frame (relevant
population), sampling method, sample unit, and response rate.
Qualitative research must note standards used to insure the quality and
verification of the presented interpretation.
All manuscripts must be in English, following the format specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition). You may use either U.S. or British spelling, but use U.S. punctuation. Authors must remove all personal and institutional identification from the body of the submission.
For further information and more detailed guidelines or to submit a manuscript, please go to the main site for the journal at http://commons.emich.edu/gabc/
Please do submit.