Ironies in the discursive struggle of pilots defending the profession

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-119

  Putnam, Linda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

airline pilots; discursive strategies; irony; professional unions; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744466200     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318905276561     Document Type: Article

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