The Contestation of Archetypes: Negotiating Scripts in a UK Hospital Trust Board

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1971-1995

  Mueller, Frank ^a   Harvey, Charles ^b   Howorth, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344550462     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-6486.2003.00408.x     Document Type: Review

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