It's about time: Temporal structuring organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 684-700

  Orlikowski, Wanda J ^a   Yates, JoAnne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice; Structuring; Temporal Structures; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036869338     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.6.684.501     Document Type: Article

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