Negative messages as strategic communication: A case study of a New Zealand company's annual executive letter

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-246

  Crombie, Winifred ^a   Samujh, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 1542794232     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194369903600301     Document Type: Review

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