The interactional business of doing business: Managing legitimacy and co-constructing entrepreneurial identities in e-commerce multilevel marketing discourse

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-119

  Carl, Walter J ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642287666     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310409374790     Document Type: Article

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