Music at work: An introduction

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-21

  Prichard, Craig ^a   Korczynski, Marek ^b   Elmes, Michael ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Music; Music scape; Organizational musicality; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845970568     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106294485     Document Type: Article

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