The standardization of organizational forms as a cropping-up process

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-320

  Brunsson, Nils ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fashion; Organizational forms; Reform; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031231760     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(97)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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