Transforming internal corporate communications: The power of symbolic gestures and barriers to change

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 109-116

  Tourish, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal communications; Organizational effectiveness; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993063535     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb046541     Document Type: Review

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