Practicing “sorority rush”: Mockery and the dramatistic rehearsing of organizational conversations

Communication Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-233

  Scheibel, Dean ^a   Gibson, Katie ^b   Anderson, Carrie ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865004825     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970209388587     Document Type: Article

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