Writing responsibly: Narrative fiction and organization studies

Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-491

  Rhodes, Carl ^a   Brown, Andrew D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiction; Narrative; Reflexivity; Responsibility; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144471835     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508405052757     Document Type: Article

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