Open and free deliberation: A prerequisite for positive design

Information and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-197

  Asif, Zaheeruddin ^a   Klein, Heinz K ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appreciative Inquiry; Deliberative Inquiry; Habermas Theory of Communicative Action; Organization design; Positive design

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650022816     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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