Winning is(n't) everything: The paradox of excellence and the challenge of organizational epideictic

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-330

  Stahley, Melissa Bigam ^b   Boyd, Josh ^a,c  

^a Made2Manage Systems   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commemoration; Epideictic; Organizational Rhetoric; Sports Communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749149000     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880600908575     Document Type: Article

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