Personellerauktorialer

Personellerauktorialer is a term used in discussions of editorial governance to describe a framework or practice whereby personnel contributions to written outputs are coordinated, credited, and overseen within an organization. The term is not part of a widely standardized vocabulary and appears mainly in policy discussions or theoretical literature about authorship and accountability in institutional communications.

Origins of the word are uncertain; it appears to blend notions of personnel management with a root related to authorship or editing in some languages. As a concept, it refers to how staff authorship is defined, attributed, and controlled in a way that links editorial responsibility to the individuals and units that employ them.

Practically, personellerauktorialer encompasses procedures for identifying contributors, assigning authorship or contributorship, obtaining consent, and ensuring review and quality control. It may involve contributorship taxonomies (for example, the CRediT model), clear responsibility maps, and standardized credit statements in reports, articles, and policy briefs authored by staff.

Applications are common in universities, research institutes, corporate communications offices, and government agencies where staff produce public-facing documents. Proponents argue that it improves transparency, accountability, and recognition for staff work, while critics warn of bureaucratic overhead, potential coercion, and disputes over the boundaries of authorship.

Because the term is not universally adopted, real-world practice varies widely, and organizations may describe similar processes using existing terms such as authorship policy, contributorship, or editorial governance.