Organizing for social change within concertive control systems: Member identification, empowerment, and the masking of discipline

Communication Monographs

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-249

  Papa, Michael J ^a   Auwal, Mohammad A ^b   Singhal, Arvind ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grameen Bank; Organizational Identification; Worker Empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040247366     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637759709376418     Document Type: Article

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