The impact of boundaryless careers on organizational decision making: An analysis from the perspective of Luhmann's theory of social systems

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 713-727

  Becker, Kai Helge ^a   Haunschild, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Boundaryless career; De paradoxization; Evaluative capacity of career; Organizational decision making; Theory of social systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0142227444     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000080767     Document Type: Article

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