Organizations as discursive constructions

Communication Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-26

  Fairhurst, Gail T ^a   Putnam, Linda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1842853905     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2004.tb00301.x     Document Type: Article

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