The Aesthetics of Management Storytelling: A Key to Organizational Learning

Management Learning

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-330

  Taylor, Steven S ^a   Fisher, Dalmar ^b   Dufresne, Ronald L ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Management roles; Organizational learning; Stories; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344895756     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507602333002     Document Type: Article

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