Humour in workplace meetings: Challenging hierarchies

Humour Work and Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 139-157

  Marra, Meredith ^a,b  

^a School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 48549092830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203390191     Document Type: Chapter

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