This article presents an introduction to the special topic forum of Management Communication Quarterly (MCQ) on organizational communication. The objective of this MCQ special topic forum is twofold: first, as in the previous MCQ special topic forums dedicated to organizational communication in Brazil, this forum aims to make visible to an international audience the particular trends in an academic community that still publishes a significant share of its work in German. Secondly, it aims to help establish organizational communication as a distinct field of research in German-speaking academia. Overall, this forum argues that the interdisciplinary nature of organizational communication as a field of research in German-speaking academia may provide fruitful opportunities for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).