Using stories to create change: The object lesson of Frederick Taylor's "pig-tale"

Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 585-601

  Hough, Jill R ^a   White, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042907505     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2063(01)00109-X     Document Type: Article

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