My job sucks: Examining Counterinstitutional Web Sites as Locations for Organizational Member Voice, Dissent, and Resistance

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-90

  Kilker, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

boundaries; dissent; membership; resistance; voice; Web site

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990324253     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318906291729     Document Type: Article

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