Proceedings: Conference on Corporate Communication 2012 Page 1
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Developing Internal Crisis Communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
Developing Internal Crisis Communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
New Practices of Communicati<strong>on</strong> Professi<strong>on</strong>als i<br />
Mats Heide & Charlotte Sim<strong>on</strong>ss<strong>on</strong><br />
Lund University<br />
Campus Helsingborg, Sweden<br />
Mats.Heide@isk.lu.se & Charlotte.Sim<strong>on</strong>ss<strong>on</strong>@isk.lu.se<br />
The primary purpose of this empirical paper is to discuss and clarify the role of communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
professi<strong>on</strong>als in relati<strong>on</strong> to internal aspects of crisis communicati<strong>on</strong>. Crisis management is often<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sidered as an area where communicati<strong>on</strong> professi<strong>on</strong>als have influence and can prove their<br />
value for the organizati<strong>on</strong>. Even so, we have found that the role of communicati<strong>on</strong> professi<strong>on</strong>als<br />
is still str<strong>on</strong>gly associated with media relati<strong>on</strong>s and text producti<strong>on</strong> in the acute crisis phase. In<br />
this paper, we try to develop what it means to take a managerial role and how to work more<br />
strategically with internal crisis communicati<strong>on</strong>. The paper is based <strong>on</strong> 20 interviews with<br />
communicati<strong>on</strong> professi<strong>on</strong>als, managers, and employees within Skåne University Hospital in<br />
Sweden.<br />
Keywords: Communicati<strong>on</strong> professi<strong>on</strong>als, Communicati<strong>on</strong> roles, Internal communicati<strong>on</strong>, Crisis<br />
management.<br />
Abstracts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Proceedings</str<strong>on</strong>g>: <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Corporate</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
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