Metaphor analysis as an approach for exploring theoretical concepts: The case of social capital

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 845-863

  Andriessen, Daniel ^a   Gubbins, Claire ^b  

^a INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Embodied realism; Metaphor; Organization theory; Social capital; Systematic metaphor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249111539     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609334952     Document Type: Article

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