Dilemmas of project-based media work: Contexts and choices

Journal of Media Business Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 5-30

  DeFillippi, Robert ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Autonomy; Identity; Learning; Media; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007864755     PISSN: 16522354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16522354.2009.11073493     Document Type: Article

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