Leadership and communication: Discursive evidence of a workplace culture change

Discourse & Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-451

  Holmes, Janet ^a   Schnurr, Stephanie ^b   Marra, Meredith ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Victoria University�s Language ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

community of practice; leadership; management studies; organizational values; social constructionism; teamWork

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349126417     PISSN: 17504813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750481307082207     Document Type: Article

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