Technological Innovation and Change: A Case Study in the Formation of Organizational Conscience

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-47

  McMillan, Jill J ^a   Hyde, Michael J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organization conscience; Social change; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001990177     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335630009384277     Document Type: Article

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