Reconciling scattered images: Managing disparate organizational expressions and impressions

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-185

  Price, Kristin N ^a,c   Gioia, Dennis A ^a,c   Corley, Kevin G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression management; Organizational image; Projected image

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749123049     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492608314991     Document Type: Review

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