From marginalization to phronetic science: Toward a new role for critical management studies

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-566

  Voronov, Maxim ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical management; Organizational theory; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349622546     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910983497     Document Type: Article

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