Dialogism and polyphony in organizing theorizing in organization studies: Action guiding anticipations and the continuous creation of novelty

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-524

  Shotter, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b KCC Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Dialogical; Expression; Polyphony; Responsivity; Thinking in duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849142260     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608088701     Document Type: Article

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