Aspects of identity, cohesion, citizenship and performance in recursive organisations

Kybernetes

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 640-658

  Espejo, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Identification; Organizations; Performance; Society

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PERFORMANCE; SOCIETY;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0033247583     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684929910282935     Document Type: Article

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