Alternative perspectives on the role of text and agency in constituting organizations

Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-333

  Putnam, Linda L ^a   Cooren, François ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Discourse; Organizing property; Social construction; Texts

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442421154     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508404041995     Document Type: Review

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