The emergent organization: Primary and complex metaphors in theorizing about organizations

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 957-978

  Cornelissen, Joep P ^a,b   Kafouros, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Language; Metaphor; Organization; Organization theory; Theory building; Tropes

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249091370     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608090533     Document Type: Article

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