The ideal lobbyist: Personal characteristics of effective lobbyists

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Mcgrath, Conor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Lobbying; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993058012     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540610646382     Document Type: Article

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