Afterword: Why language matters in the analysis of organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-104

  Tsoukas, Haridimos ^a,b  

^a ALBA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language; Narratives; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844414812     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510579878     Document Type: Article

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