Introduction: Advancing Positive Communication in Business and Professional Communication

Ryan P. Fuller and Julien C. Mirivel



Special Issue on Positive Communication Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

When Does Positive Communication Maximize Effective Information Flow?
Daniel Martin



The Role of Positive Communication in Enhancing Educational Outcomes

The Anh Phan



Transforming Networking Through Positive Communication: A Pathway to Professional Growth

Brent Lucia and Brian Hentz



Bridging Positive Communication and Improvisation to Promote Positive Communication Skills Development

Christa Tammenluoto



Integrating Mediated Reflexivity in the Classroom to Build Positive Communication and Well-Being

Jennifer K. Ptacek, Patrice M. Buzzanell, and Emily K. Martinez



Teaching Radical Love Implementing Critical Positive Communication Pedagogy in the Classroom

Vincent Russell, Grace Ceshire, and Gabriel Wisnewski-Parks



How Organizations Can Integrate AI-Generated Positive Communication Into Recruitment Efforts for Gen Z Employees

Stephanie A. Smith and Michael G. Strawse



The National Security Strategy as an Object of Business Communication

Philip W. Hayek



An Analysis of Online Perceptions in Response to Microsoft's and Google's Sexual Harassment Scandals

Roxana D. Maiorescu



Role of Experiential Learning Program on Business Writing Skills of Management Students

Shruti Srinivasan, Ravikumar Thangaraj, and Jain Matthew



Feature on Teaching

Team Presentation Theory I: The Five Formats

Daniel Usera and Alex Fuller



My Favorite Assignment

Selections From the ABC 2025 Annual International Conference, Long Beach, California, USA: Classroom Activities for Teaching Career Readiness Skills in the Business Communication Classroom

Andrew Cavanaugh and D. Joel Whalen



Case Competition

Selections from the 2025 Case Writing Competition: Business Communication Case and Student Example

Laura Nicole Miller, Katherine Chay, and Jenna Haugen



Book Reviews

"What we've got here is how to communicate"

Reviewed by Kevin Schmidt



Negotiation and Mediation: A Communication Approach

Reviewed by Nurling Agustiani

Rethinking Teacher-Student Communication in the AI Era

Huu Puoc Tran



Weakness! What Weakness? Self-Reflection in Business Communication in a Digital Context

Melanie Moll



Let's Say Thanks: How Motivating Language Increases Engagement and Empowerment Through Follower Gratitude

Jacqueline Mayfield, Milton Mayfield, and Doreen Hanke



Pandemic Impact on Internships: Did Business Interns Pivot Effectively to Meet Employer Expectations?

Lorelei Amanda Ortiz



Defining Personality: Epistemic Authority in Recruitment Interviews

Teija Ahopelto, Johanna Ruusuvuori, Melisa Stevanovic, and Sanni Titinen



Bridging the Boundaries of Corporate Language Competence in Multinational Teams

Maria-Luisa Weinzierl



Is Your Resume/ Textbook Up-To-Date? An Audit of AI ATS Resume Instruction

Kathryn Lookadoo and Sarah Moore



Harry Potter and the Artificially Intelligent Wand: Learning Team Communication in a Simulation Environment

Payal Mehra, Gaurav Lavanya, and Rishab Chauhan



Designing Business Communications in a Disrupted Workplace

Deborah C. Andrews



Something to Talk About! Testing the Antecedents and Consequences of Workplace Romance in Indian Hotel Industry

Seep Sethi and Shalini Srivastava



Empowering Product Teams to Advance Inclusive Language and Mitigate Hateful Speech on Social Media Products

Genevieve Smith, Gabriella Licata, and Ishita Rustogi

_551_ Introduction Special Issue BPCQ "AI in Business Communication"

Carolin Fleischmann and Kristen Getchell



_557_ Building Critical AI Literacy in the Business Communication Classroom

Danielle Devasto and Zsuzsanna Palmer



_592_ Ethical Authorship and Moral Motivation: The Key to Ethical AI Use

Paula Lentz



_610_ Communicating Clear Guidance: Advice for Generative AI Policy Development in Higher Education Sarah Moore and Kathryn Lookadoo



_630_ Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving in the Age of ChatGPT: Experiential-Bibliotherapy-Blogging Project

Daneshwar Sharma



_654_ Can AI Be Your Teammate or Friend? Frequent AI Users Are More Likely to Grant Humanlike Roles to AI

Peter W. Cardon and Bryan Marshall

Articles

Speaking to the Head and the Heart: Prioritizing Empathetic Communication in the Post-COVID Workplace

Kevin T. Caffrey



The Importance of Instructor Affirming Messages in Business Communication Students' Writing Apprehension

Michelle T. Violanti, Stephanie Kelly, Emily Denton, and Makayla Schill



Using Simulation in International Business Correspondence Courses for China's English-Major Undergraduates

Qing Xie



Power Dynamics in Business English as a Lingua Franca Discourse

Mohammad Moninoor Roshid and Raqib Chowdhury



Supervisor Communication Competence and Employee Outcomes: Predictive Effects in Remote, Hybrid, and In-Person Workplaces

Alan Mikkelson, David Sloan, Rylee Walter, and Craig Hinnenkamp



To Trust or Not to Trust: Consumer Perceptions of Corporate Sociopolitical Activism

Yijing Wang and Linnea Bouroncle



Feature on Teaching

Teaching AI-Enabled Business Communication in Higher Education: A Practical Framework

Natalia Riapina



My Favorite Assignment

Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA: A Rocky Mountain of Business Communication Teaching Innovations

D. Joel Whalen, Charles Drehmer, and Andrew Cavanaugh



Book Review

Intercultural Dynamics: Language, Identity, and Communication in a Globalized World

Reviewed by Rina Juwita and Ainun Nimatu Rohmah

223_ Competencies Needed by Business Professionals in the AI Age: Character and Communication Lead the Way

Peter Cardon, Carolin Fleischmann, Minna Logemann, Jeanette Heidewald, Jolanta Aritz, and Stephanie Swartz



247_ Examining Social Presence, Team Cohesion, and Collaborative Writing in Online Teams

Lynn B. McCool



272_ Teaching for a Digital World: Foundations, Practices, and Possibilities

Lynn B. McCool and Alanah Mitchell



300_ Reappraising the Relationship Between Interview Anxiety and Performance Outcome in a Computer-Mediated Setting

Archana Shrivastava, Shradha Kabra, and Meera Kapoor

_3_ Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy: Interweaving Business Communication and Rhetoric

Jacob D. Rawlins



_6_ Teaching Audience Adaptation With Value Frameworks

Nelson Lamar Reinsch Jr.



_34_ The Rhetorical Function of Corporate DEI Reports

Josephine Walwema and Jennifer Bay



_60_ Comparative Analysis of Rhetorical Moves in Student and Professional Project Proposal Abstracts

Tatiana Permyakova, Dmitriy Tulyakov, and Ekaterina Balezina



_74_ Teaching the Online Presentation: Aiming at Success

Nelson Lamar Reinsch Jr. and Jeanine Warisse Turner



_100_ Taking a Rhetorical Perspective on Emerging Communication Practice: Pedagogy as Theory-Building Scholarship

Dale Cyphert



_122_ Topoi of Nonprofit Proposal Writing

Emily Barrow Dejeu



_152_ Back to the Basics: Uncovering the Rhetoric Student Learning Outcome

Lisa Melonçon, Jessica Griffith, Carolyn Gubala, and Tanya Zarlengo