Employee perceptions of reputation: An ethnographic study

Public Relations Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-554

  Johnston, Kim Amanda ^a   Everett, James L ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Organizational culture; Public relations; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867736482     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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