Organizational identification and the communication of identity: Effects of message characteristics on cognitive and affective identification

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 784-791

  Tanis, Martin ^a   Beukeboom, Camiel J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 82555186419     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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