Public relations and strategic issues management challenges in Venezuela: A discourse analysis of Crystallex International Corporation in Las Cristinas

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Brooks, Karina Peñaloza de ^a   Waymer, Damion ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Issues management; Latin America; Public relations; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649109374     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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