Organizational Routines as a Source of Continuous Change

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 611-629

  Feldman, Martha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Change; Learning; Performative; Routines; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346739074     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.6.611.12529     Document Type: Article

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