Media selection during the implementation of planned organizational change: A Predictive Framework Based on Implementation Approach and Phase

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-340

  Timmerman, C Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication channel; implementation; media selection; medium; organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385535     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318902238894     Document Type: Article

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