Discourse, power, and knowledge in the management of "big science": The production of consensus in a nuclear fusion research laboratory

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-208

  Kinsella, William J ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 24144468865     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318999132001     Document Type: Article

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