1. Public relations and the rise of hypermodern values: Exploring the profession in Europe.
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Verhoeven, Piet, Zerfass, Ansgar, Verčič, Dejan, Tench, Ralph, and Moreno, Angeles
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PUBLIC relations , *ORGANIZATIONAL ideology , *PROFESSIONS , *SOCIAL change , *MODERNIZATION (Social science) - Abstract
Highlights • European PR professionals see a cultural transformation towards hyper consumption, hypermodernisation and hyper narcissism. • Hypermodernity influences the communication between the organisation and its stakeholders. • Perceived post-/hypermodern organisations engage more often in societal debates. • First empirical study in PR about hypermodern culture by the European Communication Monitor. Abstract This article raises the question of whether European public relations (PR) and communications professionals perceive a cultural transformation in the direction of hypermodernity, and if so, attempts to assess how this influences their organizations and their work. Questions were asked in the European Communication Monitor 2017, an annual survey among communications professionals, and 3387 respondents from 50 European countries filled in the questionnaire. The results indicate that European professionals recognize a cultural transformation in the direction of hyper consumption, hyper modernization and hyper narcissism that influences the communication between their organizations and their stakeholders. A cluster analysis shows that less than half of the respondents perceive a transformation of their organization in the direction of hypermodern characteristics and values. Organizations with post/hypermodern characteristics have superior communications departments compared to modern organizations. Post/hypermodern organizations and excellent communications departments also engage more often in societal debates than other types of organizations and departments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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