The leader as a practical narrator: Leadership as the art of translating

Management and Language: The Manager as a Practical Author

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 85-103

  Cooren, Francois ^a   Fairhurst, Gail T ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446220405.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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