Theorizing subjectivity in organizations: The failure of Foucauldian studies?

Organization Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-447

  Newton, Tim ^a  

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Author keywords

Agency; Ethics; Foucault; Materialism; Resistance; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040944315     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069801900303     Document Type: Article

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