Patterns of 'mock bureaucracy' in mining disasters: An analysis of the Westray coal mine explosion

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 601-623

  Hynes, Timothy ^a   Prasad, Pushkala ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031498186     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00065     Document Type: Article

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