Messages from CEOs: A content analysis approach

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-39

  Clarke, Geraldine ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Investment; Marketing; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054551     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb046532     Document Type: Review

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