Sexed up intelligence or irresponsible reporting? the interplay of virtual communication and emotion in dispute sensemaking

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-636

  Myers, Piers ^a,b  

^a HRM ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBC and UK Government; Disputes; Emotion; Hutton Inquir; Organization theor; Organizational discourse; Politics and the media; Sensemaking; Virtuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247595376     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707078352     Document Type: Article

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