CALL FOR PAPERS

Federation of Business Disciplines
Association for Business Communication Southwestern U.S.

Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center
Galveston, Texas
April 10-13, 2024

Please submit a proposal or paper related to business communication topics for presentation at the 2024 ABC-SWUS Conference in Galveston, Texas. Research papers, position papers, or case studies related to business communication topics in the following areas are encouraged:

                             Communication Technology                            Technology and Education
                             Innovative Instructional Methods                  Business Education Issues
                             International Business Communication        Paradigm Shifts in Communication
                             Training and Development/Consulting         Interpersonal Communication
                             Nonverbal Communication                              Executive/Managerial Communication
                             Legal and Ethical Communication Issues     Organizational Communication

• Papers or proposals should include a statement of the problem or purpose, methodology section (if applicable), findings (as available), a summary, implications for education and/or business, and a bibliography.

• If you are submitting a proposal only, it should contain 750 to 1,500 words and must be submitted on the ABC website. Click the link for the 2024 ABC-SWUS Conference or use the following direct link: https://www.businesscommunication.org/e/sx/eid=50

• If you are submitting a completed paper, submit your proposal online as indicated above. Then click here to submit the completed paper as a Microsoft Word document by October 2, 2023.

• Personal and institutional identification should be removed from the body of the paper. Identify yourself and your institution only on the cover page. Submissions will be anonymously reviewed.

• A cover page is required with the title of the paper and identifying information for each author: name, institutional affiliation, address, phone, and e-mail address. For your research to be considered for the Richard D. Irwin Distinguished Paper Award, you must submit here a completed paper rather than a proposal by the submission deadline, October 2, 2023.

• Submitted papers should not have been previously presented or published, nor should they be under consideration or accepted for presentation elsewhere.

• Upon receiving notice of acceptance, all authors and co-authors are expected to pre-register for ABC-SWUS and FBD at http://www.fbdonline.org.

  Submission Deadline: Papers and proposals must be received by October 2, 2023.
  Proceedings Deadline: Accepted papers must be received by January 8, 2024.

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For information, contact Program Chair Dr. Ashton Mouton at amouton@shsu.edu

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