Myria Watkins Allen

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University of Arkansas primary UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Louisiana State University (1990–1993); Baton Rouge Clinic (1992)

Faculty Researcher

29 h-index 83 pubs 2,922 cited

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Myria Watkins Allen's research focuses on communication, particularly in leadership and crisis contexts. She has investigated the relationship between disaster communication and citizen engagement with climate-related policy, examining how communication actions influence public intent to shape policy during wildfire seasons. Her work also explores preferred leadership communication styles across different cultures, seeking to understand variations in effective communication across diverse groups.

Allen's scholarship extends to the intersection of communication and innovation, exploring how communication processes facilitate or hinder the adoption and development of new ideas and technologies. Her academic contributions are reflected in a body of work that includes 83 publications, accumulating over 2,913 citations, and an h-index of 29, designating her as a highly cited researcher. She leads a research group and collaborates with colleagues such as William L. McCarley and Joy Cherfan at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

h-index: 29
Publications: 83
Citations: 2,922

Selected Publications

Leadership Communication (2023)

13 citations DOI OpenAlex
Communication and Innovation (2023)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
The relationship between the disaster communication action context and citizen intent to shape climate-related disaster policy across California wildfire seasons (2021)

Journal of Applied Communication Research 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Preferred Leadership Communication Styles Across Cultures (2021)

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
More Plastic than Fish: Partisan Responses to an Advocacy Video Opposing Single-Use Plastics (2020)

Environmental Communication 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Communication and Innovation (2019)

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Leadership Communication (2019)

9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Exploring the impact of resident proximity to wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains: Perceptions of climate change risks, drought, and policy (2019)

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Commitment (2017)

The International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Young millennials, environmental orientation, food company sustainability, and green word-of-mouth recommendations (2017)

Journal of Food Products Marketing 70 citations DOI OpenAlex
Who is the Adolescent Environmentalist? Environmental Attitudes, Identity, Media Usage and Communication Orientation (2017)

Environmental Communication 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
Rethinking corporate social responsibility in the age of climate change: a communication perspective (2016)

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility 126 citations DOI OpenAlex
Strategic Communication for Sustainable Organizations (2015)

CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance 79 citations DOI OpenAlex
Understanding Pro-Environmental Behavior: Models and Messages (2015)

CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
Changing Paradigms, Shifting Societal Discourses, and Organizational Responses (2015)

CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance 1 citation DOI OpenAlex