"they allowed": Pentadic mapping of women's maternity leave discourse as organizational rhetoric

Communication Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Meisenbach, Rebecca J ^a,b   Remke, Robyn V ^a,c   Buzzanell, Patrice ^a   Liu, Meina ^a,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkean Pentad; Feminist Transformation; Interview Discourse; Maternity Leave; Organizational Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449108264     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750801952727     Document Type: Article

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