Postmodern theory

Engaging Organizational Communication Theory and Research: Multiple Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 113-140

  Taylor, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452204536.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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