Discursive positioning and planned change in organizations

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-283

  Bisel, Ryan S ^a   Barge, J Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; materiality; organizational communication; organizational discourse; planned change comunication; positioning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952228369     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710375996     Document Type: Article

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