Heroes, villains and 'honourable merchants': Narrative change in the German media discourse on corporate governance

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 767-785

  Hartz, Ronald ^a   Steger, Thomas ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

corporate governance; Greimas; mass media; narrative change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958177768     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410372558     Document Type: Article

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