The dynamics of a variably coupled social system: The case of Les Compagnons du Devoir

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-396

  Kleymann, Birgit ^a   Malloch, Hedley ^a   Redman, Tom ^b   Angot, Jacques ^a  

^a IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupling; Institutional change; Internationalization; Les Compagnons du Devoir; Social systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249108563     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492607311647     Document Type: Article

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