Discussion note: Using metaphors to understand and to change organizations: A critique of Gareth Morgan's approach

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-522

  McCourt, Willy ^a  

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Author keywords

Epistemology; Metaphor; Organization development; Organization theory; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041106909     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800307     Document Type: Article

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