Stakeholders, politics and power: Towards an understanding of stakeholder identification and salience in government

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-305

  de Bussy, Nigel M ^a   Kelly, Lorissa ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Politics; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102051     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632541011090419     Document Type: Article

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