Table of Contents:
  • Public relations metrics : measurement and evaluation, an overview / Betteke van Ruler, Ana Tkalac Verčič, and Dejan Verčič
  • Public relations methodology : should we bother (if it exists)? / Manfred Rühl
  • The nature of scholarly endeavors in public relations / Alenka Jelen
  • Empirical research in contemporary social sciences relevant to public relations : towards a network approach / Jan Kleinnijenhuis
  • Conceptualizing quantitative research in public relations / James E. Grunig
  • Using qualitative research to become the "thinking heart" of organizations / Larissa A. Grunig
  • The corporate communications scorecard : a framework for managing and evaluating communication strategies / Ansgar Zerfass
  • Public relations is what public relations does : conclusions from a long-term project on professional public relations modeling and evaluation / Barbara Baerns
  • The evaluation of government campaigns in the Netherlands / Wim van der Noort
  • The role of research in shaping and measuring communication : London's bid to hold the 2012 Games / Claire Spencer and Julia Jahansoozi
  • Organization-stakeholder relationships, crisis responsibilities, and crisis-response strategies / Iris Wong and Chung-ju Flora Hung
  • The case study as an evaluation tool for public relations / Mafalda Eiró-Gomes and João Duarte
  • Public relations research and evaluation in Africa / Ronél Rensburg
  • Adapting communication satisfaction and relationship scales to a third-world country / Tanya Le Roux
  • Applying stakeholder thinking to public relations : an integrated approach to identifying relationships that matter / Nigel de Bussy
  • Introducing the Institute for Public Relations : dedicated to the science beneath the art / Frank E. Ovaitt, Jr.
  • Introducing the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Initiative : moving on from talking about evaluation to incorporating it into better management of the practice / Anne Gregory and Jon White.