Contesting histories: Unity and division in a building society

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 589-605

  Parker, Martin ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building societies; Corporate culture; History; Management attitudes; Management styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036447192     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810210449550     Document Type: Article

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