Is actor network theory critique?

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-629

  Whittle, Andrea ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; Critical theory; Organization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849131050     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607082223     Document Type: Article

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