Between altruism and narcissism: An action theoretical approach of personal homepages devoted to existential meaning

Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-125

  Humans, Ellen ^a   Van Selm, Martine ^a  

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Author keywords

Action theoretical approach in communicative research; Existential meaning; Identity constructions; Personal hompages

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249102322     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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