Re-searching ethics: Towards a more reflexive critical management studies

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1521-1540

  Brewis, Joanna ^a,c   Wray Bliss, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical Management Studies; Emancipation; Methodology; Reflexivity; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149512158     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607096385     Document Type: Article

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