Researching strategy practices: A genealogical social theory perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 713-734

  Rasche, Andreas ^a   Chia, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Practice theory; Strategists; Strategy practices; Strategy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249118989     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609104809     Document Type: Article

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