Music as a metaphor for organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-459

  Mantere, Saku ^a   Sillince, John A A ^b   Hämäläinen, Virpi ^c  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Metaphors; Music; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249668276     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710740236     Document Type: Article

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