The limitations and opportunities of business process re-engineering in a politicized organizational climate

Human Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-72

  Buchanan, David A ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009414391     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679705000103     Document Type: Article

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