Exploring the connection between organizational identity and public relations behaviors: How symmetry trumps conservation in engendering organizational identification

Journal of Public Relations Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-317

  Sha, Bey Ling ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958122464     PISSN: 1062726X     EISSN: 1532754X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10627260802640765     Document Type: Article

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