Towards a transcendent epistemology of organizations New foundations for organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 352-378

  Gustavsson, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Organizational change; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035593410     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005491     Document Type: Article

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