Socialization and the acquisition of professional discourse: A case study in the PR industry

Written Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-32

  Bremner, Stephen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

internships; organizational culture; situated learning; socialization; workplace discourse; workplace writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855614441     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088311424866     Document Type: Article

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