Between narration and interaction: Situating first-line supervisor identity work

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-401

  Down, Simon ^a,b   Reveley, James ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dramaturgy; Erving Goffman; Identity work; Interaction; Narratives; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449221904     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708101043     Document Type: Article

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