Studying organizations as temporary

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-250

  Lundin, Rolf A ^a   Steinthórsson, Runólfur S ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Contextualization; Focusing projects; Micmac methodology; Researching the temporary; The extended river metaphor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409092     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(02)00006-4     Document Type: Note

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