Managing the message: The effects of firm actions and industry spillovers on media coverage following wrongdoing

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1079-1101

  Zavyalova, Anastasiya ^a   Pfarrer, Michael D ^b   Reger, Rhonda K ^c   Shapiro, Debra L ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84875762498     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0608     Document Type: Article

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