The accomplishment of authority through presentification: How authority Is distributed among and negotiated by organizational members

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-31

  Benoit Barné, Chantal ^a   Cooren, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authority; Interaction; Organizing; Presentification

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949163364     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318909335414     Document Type: Article

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