Agency versus identity: Actor-network theory meets public relations

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-13

  Somerville, Ian ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational theory; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078170     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563289910254525     Document Type: Article

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