Public meeting facilitation: A naïve theory analysis of crisis meeting interaction

Small Group Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-235

  Beck, Stephenson J ^a   Littlefield, Robert S ^a   Weber, Andrea J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dramatist metaphor; meeting facilitation; na ve theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857769414     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496411430531     Document Type: Article

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