Principals and practice: Rhetoric and the moral character of managers

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1659-1680

  Holt, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Governance; MacIntyre; Practice; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849187085     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072867     Document Type: Article

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