Values in Nordic newspaper editor decision-making

Journal of Media Business Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-87

  Sylvie, George ^a   Lewis, Seth C ^b   Xu, Qian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Management style; Newspapers; Nordic region; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865680400     PISSN: 16522354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16522354.2010.11073507     Document Type: Article

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