Perceptions of Innovativeness and Communication about Innovations: A Study of Three Types of Service Organizations

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 213-230

  Cheney, George ^a   Block, Barbara L ^b   Gordon, Beth S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Bankers Trust Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

communication audit; critical incident technique; Information diffusion; innovation; innovation diffusion; organizational communication; organizational innovativeness; organizational typology; service organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039811310     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463378609369637     Document Type: Article

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