Change, change or be exchanged: The discourse of participation and the manufacture of identity

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-164

  Musson, Gill ^a   Duberley, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846124624     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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