At the critical moment: Conditions and prospects for critical management studies

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-32

  Fournier, Valérie ^a   Grey, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical management; Deconstruction; Managerialization; Performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039600657     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726700531002     Document Type: Review

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