Critical performativity: The unfinished business of critical management studies

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-560

  Spicer, André ^a   Alvesson, Mats ^b   Kärreman, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical management studies; Pragmatism; Public engagement; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949237404     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708101984     Document Type: Article

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