Tell Me a Story: Eliciting Organizational Values from Narratives

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 210-224

  Meyer, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Narratives; organizational culture; story telling; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001290672     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379509369970     Document Type: Article

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