Exploring the Concept of "profession" for organizational communication research: Institutional influences in a veterinary organization

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-384

  Lammers, John C ^a   Garcia, Mattea A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Organizational theory; Professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149498782     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318908327007     Document Type: Article

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