Call for Papers Dossier 52 | Longevity, Generations, and Communication in Contemporary Organizations
PRESENTATION:
The increase in life expectancy and the demographic transformations observed in recent decades have significantly altered the age composition of contemporary society. These changes, in different national contexts, directly impact organizations, which are now dealing with increasingly diverse internal audiences from a generational point of view, with longer life trajectories and experiences.
In this scenario, longevity becomes a relevant dimension for understanding contemporary organizational dynamics. The simultaneous presence of different generations, transformations in career paths, and changes in social representations of age pose new challenges for organizational culture, diversity management models, as well as the communication processes that structure relationships within organizations.
At the same time, stereotypes and inequalities associated with age persist. Ageism — understood as prejudice or discrimination based on age—manifests itself in institutional discourses, practices, and symbolic dynamics, impacting the recognition, participation, and visibility of different age groups.
In this context, organizational communication and public relations play a central role in mediating these relationships, constructing institutional narratives about longevity and experience, and promoting more inclusive organizational environments. Communication practices contribute to producing meanings about age, belonging, authority, experience, and innovation, influencing how organizations deal with generational diversity.
This issue of Organicom – Brazilian Journal of Organizational Communication and Public Relations invites researchers from Brazil and abroad to reflect on the relationships between longevity, generations, and communication in organizations , exploring different theoretical and methodological approaches that allow for an understanding of the challenges and possibilities that emerge in organizational contexts marked by age diversity.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
We invite submissions of articles that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
1. Organizational communication and age diversity
Studies on how organizations deal with generational diversity and increasing the longevity of their internal audiences.
2. Ageism in organizations
Analyses of stereotypes, prejudices, and inequalities associated with age in organizational contexts.
3. Intergenerational relationships in organizations
Research on coexistence between different generations, conflicts, learning, and meaning-making processes in the organizational environment.
4. Organizational narratives about age and longevity
Studies on institutional discourses, symbolic representations, and the social construction of age in organizations.
5. Organizational culture and generational diversity
Analyses of values, identities, and cultural dynamics related to the presence of different generations.
6. Appearance, body, and age in organizations.
Reflections on implicit norms of appearance, professional aesthetics, and their relationship to aging.
7. Internal communication and multigenerational teams
Communication strategies aimed at mediating expectations, values, and forms of participation among different age groups.
8. Organizations in an aging society
Studies on how organizations respond to demographic transformations and changes in contemporary life trajectories.
Organicom - Brazilian Journal of Organizational Communication and Public Relations
Organicom - Brazilian Journal of Organizational Communication and Public Relations is a publication of the Department of Public Relations, Advertising and Tourism of ECA-USP - School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo. It is linked to the PPGCOM - Postgraduate Program in Communication Sciences and to Gestcorp - Postgraduate Course in Strategic Management in Organizational Communication and Public Relations. It is a scientific journal that reflects social needs and demands and, at the same time, disseminates major themes in the areas of Public Relations and Organizational Communication, making the most recent research produced at the university accessible. In each edition, it publishes a thematic dossier, reproducing articles, testimonials, reviews, interviews and research from nationally and internationally renowned experts, with the purpose of democratizing the scientific production that has been developed in research and postgraduate centers in communication sciences. Available on the website. https://www.revistas.usp.br/organicom/index .
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
Paper submission deadline : August 30, 2026.
Texts must follow the journal's guidelines, which are available at: https://www.revistas.usp.br/organicom/about/submissions
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