Ways of seeing organisational death: a critical semiotic analysis of organisational memorialisation

Visual Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-17

  Bell, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857201252     PISSN: 1472586X     EISSN: 14725878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2012.642954     Document Type: Article

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