Astrology, alchemy and retro-organization theory: An astro-genealogical critique of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®

Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 473-495

  Case, Peter ^a   Phillipson, Garry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Leadership Studies ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foucault; Genealogical analysis; Geomancy; Humours; Jung; Latour; Management development; MBTI; Organizational development; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042776902     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508404044059     Document Type: Article

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