When Birds of Different Feather Flock Together: The Emerging Debate on "Organization as Communication" in the German-Speaking Countries

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-313

  Schoeneborn, Dennis ^a   Sandhu, Swaran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STUTTGART MEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84876072283     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318912470079     Document Type: Article

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