A dialectic perspective on the organization theatre metaphor

American Communication Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Boje, David M ^a   Luhman, John T ^b   Cunliffe, Ann L ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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