What communication professionals tell us regarding dominant coalition access and gaining membership

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-443

  Bowen, Shannon A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adviser; Crisis management; Dominant coalition; Ethics; Reputation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350307917     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880903233184     Document Type: Article

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