Workplace narratives and business reports: Issues of definition

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-78

  Marra, Meredith ^a   Holmes, Janet ^a,b  

^a Workplace Project

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anecdote; Business report; Meetings; Narrative; Workplace communication; Workplace culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144493718     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.2004.004     Document Type: Article

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