Stockholders in cyberspace: Weick's sensemaking online

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-35

  Herrmann, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business communication; Cyberspace; Sensemaking; Stockholders; Weick

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845519264     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943606295778     Document Type: Article

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