Heeding the stains: Lacan and organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-228

  Kenny, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Feminism; Organizational change; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449104652     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910947226     Document Type: Article

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