Uncovering the semiotic in organizational aesthetics

Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-50

  Hancock, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Semiotics; Technologies of enchantment

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844260696     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508405048575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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