Revisiting the theory of image restoration strategies

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Burns, Judith P ^a   Bruner, Michael S ^b  

^a Hospitality Technology Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate apoligy; Image restoration; Rhetorical theory; Social leviathans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002914342     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370009385577     Document Type: Article

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