Narrative discourse and management action

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 476-511

  Jameson, Daphne A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Management; Narrative; Reasoning; Story

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542558041     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194360103800404     Document Type: Article

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