Arguments for the in-depth study of organizational interactions: A Rejoinder to McPhee, Myers, and Trethewey

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-340

  Cooren, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

collective mind; conversation analysis; high reliability organization; interaction; nonhuman agency; organizational communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990370139     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318905280325     Document Type: Article

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