Organizational rhetoric doomed to fail: R. J. reynolds and the principle of the oxymoron

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-71

  Boyd, Josh ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642336407     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310409374788     Document Type: Article

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