Considering "the professional" in communication studies: Implications for theory and research within and beyond the boundaries of organizational communication;"Der Experte" in der Kommunikationswissenschaft: Implikationen für Theorie und Forschung innerhalb und über die Grenzen der Organisationskommunikation hinaus

Communication Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-175

  Cheney, George ^a   Lee Ashcraft, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34247502270     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2007.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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