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Join and Renew

Business communication faculty, students, and practitioners are invited to join ABC. ABC offers five levels of membership:

  • Sustaining Members ($100 US) receive print copies and electronic access to Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly. The additional $20 is is used to subsidize student presenters at the ABC annual convention.
  • Active members
    • ($80 US) receive print copies and electronic access to Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly
    • ($60 US) receive electronic access to Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication
  • Student members ($30 US) must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students sponsored by an academic advisor. When you apply for membership, you will be asked to validate your student status. Student members receive electronic copies only of the Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly.
  • Retired members ($30 US) are ABC members who have retired from the business communication profession. They receive print copies and electronic access to the Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly

Membership includes

  • Subscriptions to ABC's two publications: Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly. Depending on the membership options you choose, you will receive the journal in hard copy, through electronic access, or both.
  • Access to a members-only area of the ABC web site, containing on-line publications, teaching resources, a searchable member directory, and job opportunities

  • Reduced fees for ABC conventions and ABC resources

  • A community of individuals interested in improving and using communication skills for business

Libraries and other institutions may subscribe to the ABC journals by contacting Sage Publications.

  To join online and pay by credit card
  To download a mail-in application form


New ABC members (except student members) will be able to access ABC journals electronically through the publisher's web site within 10 days of joining ABC. When your electronic account is ready, you will receive an email with activation instructions.  

For questions about ABC membership, or to report problems with the online registration process, please contact membership@businesscommunication.org.

 
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