The telling of violence: Organizational change and atrocity tales

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 567-583

  Bryant, Melanie ^a   Cox, Julie Wolfram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Narratives; Organizational change; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141942693     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810310494946     Document Type: Article

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