Discourse analysis and the study of organizations

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-66

  Grant, David ^a   Iedema, Rick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Organizational research; Organizational theory

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EID: 34247381740     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.2005.25.1.37     Document Type: Article

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