Politics of managing: The dialectic of control

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-64

  Saravanamuthu, Kala ^a   Tinker, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0037212922     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(02)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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