Multiple organizational identities and legitimacy: The rhetoric of police websites

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1829-1856

  Sillince, John A A ^a   Brown, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Organizational identity; Police; Rhetoric; Websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749159043     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709336626     Document Type: Article

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