Call My Bluff: Multiple Interpretations of an Organizational Process

British Journal of Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-282

  Brooks, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Multi paradigm culture; NHS; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031511940     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00065     Document Type: Article

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