Ideological discourses in the making of internet career sites

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Marschall, Daniel ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; EMPLOYMENT; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; SEARCH ENGINES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSES; INTERNET CAREER SITES; MARKET DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT SECTIONS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 3042682055     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2002.tb00156.x     Document Type: Review

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