Wisdom of the moment: Pre-modern perspectives on organizational action

Social Epistemology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-111

  Case, Peter ^a,b   Gosling, Jonathan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Leadership Studies

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Enactment; Ethics; Ethnography; Post structuralism; Pre modern; Stoicism; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747342086     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691720701393426     Document Type: Article

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