Rethinking language in IMP research: Networking processes in other words

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-307

  Lowe, Sid ^b   Ellis, Nick ^c   Purchase, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; IMP group; Industrial networks; Linguistic turn; Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549111389     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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