Choosing the right words: The Development of Guidelines for the Selection of the “Appropriate” Crisis-Response Strategies

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 447-476

  Coombs, W Timothy ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970515305     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318995008004003     Document Type: Article

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