The Dialectical Nature of Impression Management in Knowledge Work: Unpacking Tensions in Media Use Between Managers and Subordinates

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-186

  Erhardt, Niclas ^a   Gibbs, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affordances; dialectical tensions; impression management; media use; team based knowledge work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899695024     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318913520508     Document Type: Article

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