Managing the polyphonic sounds of organizational truths

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-541

  Sullivan, Paul ^a   McCarthy, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Discourse; Fragmentation; Identity; Polyphony; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849097699     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608088702     Document Type: Article

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