Structure, culture and agency: Rejecting the current orthodoxy of organisation theory

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-123

  Archer, Robert ^a  

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EID: 0039758361     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5914.00027     Document Type: Article

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