Organizational symbolism as a social construction: A perspective from the sociology of knowledge

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1379-1402

  Strati, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Organization cultures; Organizational symbolism; Qualitative analysis of organizations; Social construction of reality and constructionism; Sociology of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039413492     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805101103     Document Type: Article

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