Doing research in organizational discourse: The importance of researcher context

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 213-236

  Prichard, Craig ^a   Jones, Deborah ^b   Stablein, Ralph ^c  

^a Victoria University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848608122.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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