"People First-Always": Euphemism and rhetoric as troublesome influences on organizational sense-making-a downsizing case study

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 105-118

  Vickers, Margaret H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Euphemism; Phenomenology; Rhetoric; Sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644489167     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021175721529     Document Type: Article

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