The British house magazine 1945 to 2015
The creation of family, organisation and markets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8418459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Heller (0009-0007-3299-1047, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, London, UK;, corresponding author), Michael Rowlinson (Department of Management and Organisational History, Exeter Business School, Exeter University, UK) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1002-1026 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2018.1508455 |
| OpenAlex | W2889638337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article examines the history of British house magazines from 1945 to 2015. It discusses their content, audience and function within companies. From tools of internal public relations, house magazines switched to being used as mediums of industrial relations in the 1960s and 1970s, and by the late 1980s were increasingly applied to the creation of corporate identity, organisational culture and internal marketing. They were also forced to accommodate the rise of internal communications and electronic media. The article discusses the rise and relative decline of the British house magazine, and ends by asking whether it has a future
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |