Placing Identity: Place as a Discursive Resource for Occupational Identity Work Among High-Tech Entrepreneurs

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-266

  Larson, Gregory S ^a   Pearson, Amy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discourse; identity; occupational identity; place

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859846777     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318911435319     Document Type: Article

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