'Being Regimented': Aspiration, discipline and identity work in the british parachute regiment

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-376

  Thornborrow, Thomas ^a,c   Brown, Andrew D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c Jalan Broga University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Disciplinary power; Discourse; Identity; Identity narrative; Military organization; Parachute regiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749088447     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608101140     Document Type: Article

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