General strategy concepts and the ecology of strategy discourses: A systemic-discursive perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-218

  Seidl, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discourse; Language game; Social systems theory; Strategy as practice; Strategy concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846598893     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606067994     Document Type: Article

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