Scaling up and bearing down in discourse analysis: Questions regarding textual agencies and their context

Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-425

  Hardy, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Discourse analysis; Organizational discourse theory; Social constructionism; Texts

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442592957     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508404042000     Document Type: Review

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