Agency and discourse: Recruiting consultants in a life insurance company

Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 717-739

  Newton, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor networks; Agency; Discourse; Management of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010997028     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038596030004006     Document Type: Article

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