Controlling "Good Science": Language, National Identity, and Occupational Control in Scientific Work

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-345

  Wells, Celeste C ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; language; national identity; occupational control; science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879959175     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318913485440     Document Type: Article

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