Embedding new management knowledge in project-based organizations

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1535-1555

  Bresnen, Mike ^a,c   Goussevskaia, Anna ^b,d   Swan, Jacky ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Knowledge; Learning; Practice; Project based organization; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244266453     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604047999     Document Type: Article

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