Positive dramas: Enacting self-adventures in organizations

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-75

  Carlsen, Arne ^a  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agency; Identity; Narrative; Positive organizing; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049116395     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701751061     Document Type: Article

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