Nurses at the edge of chaos: The application of "new science" concepts to organizational systems

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-127

  Miller, Katherine ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040184410     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318998121004     Document Type: Article

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