The role of organizational identification in the communicative constitution of an organization: A study of consubstantialization in a young political party

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-282

  Chaput, Mathieu ^a   Brummans, Boris H J M ^a   Cooren, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

agency; communicative constitution of an organization; consubstantiality; organizational identification; presentification; substance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955068843     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318910386719     Document Type: Article

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