Two faces of organizational irony: Endemic and pragmatic

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1427-1447

  Hoyle, Eric ^a   Wallace, Mike ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Endemic irony; Ironic disposition; Pragmatic irony; Principled infidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649112009     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607096383     Document Type: Review

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