Managing discursive tension: The co-existence of individualist and collaborative discourses in flight centre

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1045-1069

  Palmer, Ian ^a   Dunford, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0036898206     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00323     Document Type: Article

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