Back to the oracle: Post-modern organization theory as a resurfacing of pre-modern wisdom

Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-266

  Cummings, Stephen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0030530161     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050849632009     Document Type: Article

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