On a growing dualism in organizational discourse research

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 614-638

  Bisel, Ryan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Disorganizing property of communication; Duality; Organizational discourse; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249159089     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318908331100     Document Type: Article

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