Toward a communication model for the socialization of voluntary members

Communication Monographs

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-255

  Kramer, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bona fide group perspective; Model; Socialization assimilation; Voluntary members

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956192433     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2011.564640     Document Type: Article

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