Wrestling with proteus: Tales of communication managers in a changing economy

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-37

  Amidon, Stevens ^a   Blythe, Stuart ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Communication; Globalization; Management; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849083444     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651907307698     Document Type: Article

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