Beyond power and resistance: New approaches to organizational politics

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-309

  Fleming, Peter ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organization studies; Politics; Power; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649120109     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318907309928     Document Type: Editorial

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