The genre of corporate history

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-48

  Delahaye, Agnès ^a   Booth, Charles ^b   Clark, Peter ^a   Procter, Stephen ^c   Rowlinson, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business history; Narratives; Publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849158805     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910933898     Document Type: Article

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