Public Relations Research

This volume is a major contribution to the trans-national debate on public relations research and communication management. It presents dominant concepts and findings from the scientific community in Germany in English language. At the same time, the compilation contains a selection of the most influential and relevant approaches from European and international researchers. Editors and contributors are renowned academics from all over the world. This books honours Guenter Bentele, one of the international spearheads of public relations research, and gives academics, students and communication managers a focussed insight into the field.

"Den Herausgebern ist es [...] gelungen, zukunftsweisende Beiträge der Kommunikationsmanagement- und PR-Forschung und deren nationale sowie internationale Vertreter in einem Band zusammenzuführen, der konzeptionell überzeugt und den derzeitigen nationalen und internationalen Forschungsstand einfängt." www.pr-guide.de, 19.06.2009

Ansgar Zerfass is professor in Communication Management at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He is engaged in various professional organizations and member of the executive board of EUPRERA, the European Public Relations Education and Research Association.Betteke van Ruler is professor in Communication Science and Communication Management at the University of Amsterdam. She serves as chair of the ICA International Communication Association’s Public Relations Division. Krishnamurthy Sriramesh is one of the leading researchers in public relations worldwide. He has taught at Purdue University, the University of Florida, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He serves on the editorial board of severeal international journals.