Well-being as discourse: Potentials and problems for studies of organizing and health inequalities

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 491-498

  Ganesh, Shiv ^a   McAllum, Kirstie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 77954700379     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318910370274     Document Type: Article

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