Compelling identity: Selves and insecurity in global, corporate management development

Management Learning

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-391

  Gagnon, Suzanne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical management education; Identity work; Insecurity; Management development; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549093160     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507608093710     Document Type: Article

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