Collaborative tensions: Practitioners' experiences of interorganizational relationships

Communication Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 460-479

  Lewis, Laurie ^a   Isbell, Matthew G ^b   Koschmann, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Dialectical theory; Interorganizational relationships; Nonprofit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649744912     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2010.523605     Document Type: Article

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