Organizational Image, Identification, and Cynical Distance: Prestigious Professionals in a Low-Prestige Organization

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-376

  Frandsen, Sanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cynicism; identification; identity; image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864704630     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318912438692     Document Type: Article

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