'Control - What control?' Culture and ambiguity within a knowledge intensive firm

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 831-858

  Robertson, Maxine ^a   Swan, Jacky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038489380     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00362     Document Type: Review

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