The significance of communicating in enacting decisions

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-223

  Huebner, Hartmut ^a   Varey, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993009950     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540810899407     Document Type: Article

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