Agentic orientation as magical voluntarism

Communication Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-78

  Gunn, Joshua ^a   Cloud, Dana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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COMMUNICATION; IDEOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 74549217761     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2009.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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