Working out: Managerialism in Workplace Health Promotion

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-205

  Zoller, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

discipline; employee benefits; managerialism; organizational communication; workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990352286     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318903253003     Document Type: Article

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