Organization theory and military metaphor: Time for a reappraisal?

Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 751-769

  Mutch, Alistair ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Metaphor; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750076109     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508406068503     Document Type: Article

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