The Marshall School of Business sponsors the award with a cash prize and reimbursement to attend an ABC conference. The award is part of Marshall's new Business Communication Thought Leadership Initiative (TLI). The award itself is modeled after a similar award in Marshall's entrepreneurship program that recognizes the top entrepreneurship article.
The goals behind the award are to:
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- draw positive attention to the business communication field
- strengthen the journals that support the business communication field
- provide resources and rationales for business communication scholars to build their reputations and successfully gain advancements and promotions at their institution
- honor those scholars who write business communication articles with the most impact.
As part of Marshall's Business Communication TLI, Marshall will provide resource information for business communication scholars including citation counts for top business communication articles.
Selection Procedures
The winner will be calculated by citations over the past five years using both Google Scholar data and ISI information. Research articles from the following journals are eligible: International Journal of Business Communication, Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, and Management Communication Quarterly.
Winning authors must be ABC members.
An article cannot win more than once, and a winning author cannot win the award again for a separate article for at least three years. Additional criteria may be on the USC Marshall School of Business website.
Notification
The award winner will be notified by the Executive Director or designee at least 90 days before the ABC Annual International Conference. The winner will be asked to submit a photograph to be used in the award presentation.
Winners of the USC Marshall School of Business, Business Communication Impact Award
2025: Peter Cardon, Carolin Fleischmann, Jolanta Aritz, Minna Logemann, and Jeanette Heidewald
2024: Erika Darics, Aston University, UK
2023: Jacqueline Mayfield, Texas A&M International University; Milton Mayfield, Texas A&M International University and William Sharbrough III, The Citadel
2022: Stephanie A. Smith, Virginia Tech
2021: Peter Cardon, University of Southern California and Bryan Marshall, Georgia College
2020: Ann Kankaaranta, Aalto University and Brigitte Planken, Radboud University
2019: Gail Fann Thomas, Naval Postgraduate School; Roxanne Zolin, Noble International Business School, and
Jackie Hartman
2018: Marcel M. Robles, Eastern Kentucky University
2017: Dwane H. Dean, Frostburg State University
2016: Ben Arbaugh, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
2015
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Deanna Geddes, Temple University
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Susan M. Kruml, Millikin University
2014: Timothy Coombs, University of Central Florida