PR career progression – the gap between traditional research and the UK industry's perception

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-190

  Wolf, Katharina ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career development; Public relations; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992992358     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540610664724     Document Type: Article

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