The Missing Link: The Public Relations Manager Role as Mediator of Organizational Environments and Power Consequences for the Function

Journal of Public Relations Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 205-220

  Lauzen, Martha M ^a   Dozier, David M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009995164     PISSN: 1062726X     EISSN: 1532754X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532754xjprr0404_2     Document Type: Article

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