'Intellectual capital' and struggles over the perceived value of members' expert knowledge in a knowledge-intensive organization

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-271

  Lyon, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Expertise; Intellectual Capital; Knowledge Intensive; Symbolic Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144453576     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500202413     Document Type: Article

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