Time to socialize: Organizational socialization structures and temporality

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-207

  Gómez, Luis Felipe ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication structures; Organizational temporality; Socialization practices; Temporal focus; Temporal scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849185948     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943608328077     Document Type: Article

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