Decomposing organisational reputation: The effects of organisation–public relationship outcomes on cognitive representations of organisations and evaluations of organisational performance

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-325

  Yang, Sung Un ^a   Grunig, James E ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication management; Korea; Organisation performance; Organisational effectiveness; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969565     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540510621623     Document Type: Review

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