Finding form: Looking at the field of organizational aesthetics

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1211-1231

  Taylor, Steven S ^a,b   Hansen, Hans ^a,b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 24344487463     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00539.x     Document Type: Review

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