Measuring Mao Zedong Thought and interpreting organizational communication in China

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-429

  Lin, Canchu ^a   Clair, Robin Patric ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Criticism and self criticism; Decision making; Democratic centralism; Leadership; Mao Zedong Thought; Motivation; Serving the people

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349130097     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318907299177     Document Type: Article

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