Empirical challenges in organizational aesthetics research: Towards a sensual methodology

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-580

  Warren, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic field research methods; Organizational aesthetics; Photography; Qualitative methodology; Visual research

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949096046     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607083104     Document Type: Article

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