Tradition, tension, and transformation: A structuration analysis of a game warden service in transition

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-162

  Sherblom, John C ^a   Keränen, Lisa ^a   Withers, Lesley A ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Change; Competence; Distanciation; Duality of structure; Game warden; Independence; Institutional reproduction; Reflexivity; Social integration; Structuration; Tradition; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036000515     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880216579     Document Type: Article

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