Intentionality, agency, change: Practice theory and management

Management Learning

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-176

  Blackler, Frank ^a,b   Regan, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Activity systems; Practice based studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749122804     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507608101227     Document Type: Article

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