Conceptualization and management of communication satisfaction and organizational commitment in three Guatemalan organizations

American Communication Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Varona, Federico ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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