Mechanisms and the theory of organizations

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Davis, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Organization theory; Paradigms; Social mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646508771     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492605280238     Document Type: Article

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