Management 2.0: A primer on blogging for executives

Management Research News

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 448-483

  Wyld, David C ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Feedback; Internet; Knowledge management; Managers; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949086572     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170810876044     Document Type: Article

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