The physical organization as equivocal message

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-338

  Pepper, Gerald L ^a,b  

^a College of Liberal Arts ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Building; Material Tensions; Organizational Structure; Physical Organization; Space; Theory of Affordances

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249091768     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880802104882     Document Type: Article

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