The impact of perceptions of journal quality on business and management communication academics

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-426

  Rogers, Priscilla S ^a   Campbell, Nittaya ^b   Louhiala Salminen, Leena ^c   Rentz, Kathy ^d   Suchan, Jim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e Naval Postgraduate School

Author keywords

Business and management communication journal rankings; Citations; Journal quality criteria; Promotion and tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548528979     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943607306138     Document Type: Article

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