Places and spaces: The role of metonymy in organizational talk

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1301-1323

  Musson, Gill ^a   Tietze, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10844297305     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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