From organization to hypermodern organization: On the accelerated appearance and disappearance of Enron

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 558-577

  Roberts, Joanne ^a   Armitage, John ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Organizational change; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747117952     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610686067     Document Type: Article

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