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Euphemism, spin, and the crisis in organizational life / Howard F. Stein ; foreword by Seth Allcorn.
Lippincott Library HD58.7 .S742 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stein, Howard F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organizational behavior.
- Industrial management--Psychological aspects.
- Industrial management.
- Reengineering (Management).
- Downsizing of organizations.
- English language--Euphemism.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 172 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1998.
- Summary:
- A study of the mystifying language of workplace downsizing, restructuring, reengineering, managed care, and community disaster, and of how we deceive ourselves by masking the true horror of these events behind euphemism and what has come to be called "spin."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1567201245
- OCLC:
- 37993460
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