Managers as lazy, stupid careerists?: Contestation and stereotypes among software engineers

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-508

  Jemielniak, Dariusz ^a  

^a KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Managers; Software engineering; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547260199     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710760045     Document Type: Article

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