"The sky's the limit": Fantasy in the age of market rationality

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-180

  Bloom, Peter ^a   Cederstrom, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Narratives; Organizational culture; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449104118     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910947190     Document Type: Article

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