Internal communication: Definition, parameters, and the future

Public Relations Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-230

  Tkalac Verčič, Ana ^a   Verčič, Dejan ^b   Sriramesh, Krishnamurthy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communication management; Corporate communication; Culture and internal communication; Employee communication; Human resources; Internal communication; Internal marketing; Public relations; Strategic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858161335     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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