Distant readings: Anthropology of organizations through novels

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-372

  Czarniawska, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Literature; Novels; Organizations; Reading; Social anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449089541     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910967143     Document Type: Article

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