Modelling internal communications in the financial services sector

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 299-318

  Asif, Saadia ^a   Sargeant, Adrian ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Employee communications; Financial services; Internal communications; Qualitative techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242502219     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560010311867     Document Type: Article

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