Rethinking community collaboration through a dialogic lens: Creativity, democracy, and diversity in community organizing

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-171

  Heath, Renee Guarriello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Community collaboration; Creativity; Democracy; Dialogue; Diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149108945     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318907306032     Document Type: Article

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