Organizational consciousness

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 505-521

  Pees, Richard C ^a   Shoop, Glenda Hostetter ^a   Ziegenfuss, James T ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Organizational analysis; Organizational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350328437     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260910984005     Document Type: Article

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