The uses, roles, and contents of intranets in multinational companies in Finland

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-324

  Lehmuskallio, Sari ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business communication; Content creation; Corporate communication; Internal communication; Intranet; Intranet access; Intranet content; Intranet language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745020202     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651906287255     Document Type: Review

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