Strategic communication through the world wide web: An empirical model of effectiveness in the CEO's letter to shareholders

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 535-556

  Segars, Albert H ^a   Kohut, Gary F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0035373809     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00248     Document Type: Article

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