A descriptive account of the investor relations profession: A national study

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-233

  Laskin, Alexander V ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Investor; Shareholder; Strategic communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849148959     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943608328078     Document Type: Article

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