Once upon a time there was an organization: Organizational stories as antitheses to fairy tales

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-25

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fairy tales; Narrative; Organizational storytelling; Subaltern

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849098810     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492606294522     Document Type: Article

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