Organizational vs. professional culture in the newsroom: Television news directors' and newspaper editors' hiring decisions

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 92-117

  Hollifield, C Ann ^a   Kosicki, Gerald M ^b   Becker, Lee B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039985123     PISSN: 08838151     EISSN: 15506878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4501_7     Document Type: Review

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