Governance in the participative organisation: Freedom, creativity and ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 173-188

  Collier, Jane ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Missionary Institute London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Creativity; Differentiation; Freedom; Governance; Integration; Open systems; Organizational change; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039174471     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006250627410     Document Type: Article

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