Contextualizing influence activities: An objective hermeneutical approach

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1145-1168

  Lueger, Manfred ^a   Sandner, Karl ^a   Meyer, Renate ^a   Hammerschmid, Gerhard ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Context; Influence; Objective hermeneutics; Power; Sense making; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844482019     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605055265     Document Type: Article

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