Activist “rules” and the convergence with issue management

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-420

  Jaques, Tony ^a  

^a Dow Chemical Company Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Pressure groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992948087     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540610714836     Document Type: Article

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