Meaning/ful work and organizational communication: Questioning boundaries, positionalities, and engagements

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-161

  Broadfoot, Kirsten J ^a   Carlone, David ^b   Medved, Caryn E ^c   Aakhus, Mark ^d   Gabor, Elena ^e   Taylor, Karen ^f  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47749089411     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318908318267     Document Type: Article

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