Stemming the tide: Corporate discourse and agenda Denial in the 2002 'corporate meltdown'

Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 549-560

  Conrad, Charles ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0043168127     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13505084030103011     Document Type: Review

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