Emergence of ethical issues during strategic change implementation

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-239

  Sonenshein, Scott ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Interpretation; Justice; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350395459     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0364     Document Type: Article

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