Meetings: A cultural perspective

Journal of Multicultural Discourses

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Sprain, Leah ^a   Boromisza Habashi, David ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; ethnography of communication; hierarchy; meetings; sense making; social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863996221     PISSN: 17447143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17447143.2012.685743     Document Type: Review

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