Government-oriented corporate public relation strategies in transitional China

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-391

  He, Yuanqiong ^a   Tian, Zhilong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Government oriented public relation strategies; Institutional environment; Resource dependence theory; Websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949184564     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2008.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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