Traversing the empty promise: Management, subjectivity and the other's desire

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-201

  Hoedemaekers, Casper ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Human resource management; Humour; Management technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449092489     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910947208     Document Type: Article

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