Self and organization: Knowledge work and fragmentation

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 352-374

  Letiche, Hugo ^a   Van Hattem, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Networking Emergence Complexity S   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economy; Ethnography; Knowledge workers; Management consultancy; Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442277879     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810010339059     Document Type: Article

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