Pedagogy and the 'linguistic turn': Developing understanding through semiotics

Management Learning

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-60

  Musson, Gill ^a   Cohen, Laurie ^b   Tietze, Susanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language; Linguistic turn; Management education; Meaning making; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149027615     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607073022     Document Type: Article

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