Situating organizations in politics: A diachronic view of control' resistance dialectics

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-554

  Norton, Todd ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Dialectical analysis; Politics; Resistance; Social movement organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249187286     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318908331099     Document Type: Article

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