'You can checkout anytime, but you can never leave': Spatial boundaries in a high commitment organization

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-94

  Fleming, Peter ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Control; Culture management; Physical environment; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442566619     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704042715     Document Type: Article

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