Encountering the arugula leaf: The failure of the imaginary and its implications for research on identity in organizations

Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-504

  Driver, Michaela ^a  

^a WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Identity; Lacan; Organizations; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349095236     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409104505     Document Type: Article

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