Staying connected: The communication between organizations and their environment

Corporate Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-211

  Van Woerkum, Cees ^a   Aarts, Noelle ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Communication management; Negotiating; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049120293     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280810869613     Document Type: Article

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