The power of 'organizational culture' as a discursive formation in merger integration

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1529-1554

  Riad, Sally ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse; Merger; Organizational culture; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644544152     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605057072     Document Type: Review

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