Communication in a shared governance hospital: Managing emergent paradoxes

Communication Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-55

  Carroll, Lee Ann ^a   Arneson, Pat ^b  

^a Western Hospital   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861766338     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970309363263     Document Type: Article

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