Conversations and the authoring of change

Management and Language: The Manager as a Practical Author

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 141-157

  Ford, Jeffrey D ^a   Ford, Laurie W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Critical Path Consultants   (United States)

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EID: 84949563571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446220405.n9     Document Type: Chapter

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