"Challenge" is a positive word: Embracing the interdisciplinary nature of business communication

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 242-247

  Wardrope, William J ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644602255     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194360103800301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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