Call for Papers

Association for Business Communication

Federation of Business Disciplines

Southwestern United States

Houston, Texas

March 13 - March 16, 2019

 

Please submit a proposal or paper related to business communication topics for presentation at the 2019 ABC-SWUS Conference in Houston, Texas.  Research papers or position papers 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 a maximum of 750 words and must be submitted on the ABC website: http://www.businesscommunication.org.  Click on this link for the 2019 Southwestern US Conference.

For your research to be considered for the Distinguished Paper Award, you must also submit a completed paper by the submission deadline, October 1, 2018 to the link on the ABC website. 

  • 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 fax numbers, and e-mail address.
  • Submitted papers should not have been previously presented or published, nor should they be under consideration or accepted for presentation elsewhere.

To be considered for the Proceedings, you must also submit your completed paper by January 16, 2019 to the link on the ABC website. 

 

FBD Statement of Academic Integrity

Your paper should not have been previously published or previously presented at FBD.  Please indicate to the Program Chair if your paper is currently under submission to another FBD association.  If your paper is later accepted by another FBD association, it is your responsibility to notify the appropriate Program Chairs.

 

 

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.

 

Deadlines

Papers and proposals must be received by October 1, 2018.
Submit approved papers to the Proceedings by January 16, 2019.

 

For information, contact Carol Wright, Program Chair, at cwright@sfasu.edu.