A humanitarian organization in action: Organizational discourse as an immutable mobile

Discourse & Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-190

  Cooren, Franã§ois ^a   Matte, Frã©dã©rik ^a   Taylor, James R ^a   Vasquez, Consuelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

conversation; immutable mobile; mission statement; organizational communication; organizational discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 52349114365     PISSN: 17504813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750481307075996     Document Type: Article

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