Metaphor in organizational research: context, modalities and implications for research - Introduction

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-22

  Cornelissen, Joep P ^a   Oswick, Cliff ^b   Christensen, Lars Thøger ^c   Phillips, Nelson ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Communication; Discourse; Metaphor; Organization; Sensemaking; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849036862     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607086634     Document Type: Article

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