Sensegiving as mise-en-sens-The case of wind power development

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-326

  Corvellec, Hervé ^a,b   Risberg, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Infrastructure development; Mise en sens; Sensegiving; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548359345     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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