Narrating the organizational self: Reframing the role of the news release

Public Relations Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-18

  Gilpin, Dawn R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis communication; Narrative theory; Organizational identity; Parmalat; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049136042     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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