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There’s *always* more reading, but finally starting to explore management theory with the goal of making (or breaking) the bridge from public relations.

Big thanks to friends and colleagues for keeping me in track but especially @Mrs_Wadds, @rtench, and @DrJonWhite #PhDstudies

There are surprisingly few research studies of the management perspective of public relations (academics like practitioners like talking to themselves) but this is gold.

Look it up @MITSloan Top 10 lessons on strategy (2005) 61-68.

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Another day, another academic study that concludes that the biggest challenge for public relations is explaining its value to management.

I think I might be onto something 😅

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Latest blog from my #PhDstudies. How do you solve a problem like proving the value of public relations to management? A fundamental public relations problem lies at the heart of public relations...

I'VE FOUND GOLD! Statistical analysis linking internal comms and shareholder performance. "Companies listed in the '100 Best Companies to Work For in America' generated 2.3-3.8%/year higher stock returns than their peers from 1984 to 2011." #PhDstudies...

A PhD is three months characterising a problem and further five to six years getting really bloody angry about it #PhDstudies

Exhibit 392 in the case against public relations as a progressive and developing profession - academic researchers made the case for diverse teams 27 years ago (Dozier, Grunig & Grunig, 1995, p151) #PhDstudies

Two hour @leedsbizschool workshop with Prof Anthony Bryant on Grounded Theory. And death. Obvs there's an immediate paradox. It isn't actually a threory it's a research method #PhDstudies

New blog. It's little wonder that public relations is so misunderstood. There is no universal theory. Practice operates along a spectrum of ideologies from defensive to organisational conscience. #PhDstudies https://wadds.co.uk/blog/2022/5/3/seven-ideologies-of-public-relations

Three months into my #PhDstudies here's my first report card.

The reality of public relations practice doesn’t match up to its own perception of itself. It’s characterised by missed opportunity and a failure to realise its...

Again, it’s hard not to get disillusioned as a PR academic. Practice fails to learn and seems to constantly seek to reinvent itself, despite a bedrock of rock solid research literature #PhDstudies