Agrarian origins of management ideology: The Roman and antebellum cases

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 589-607

  Ruef, Martin ^a   Harness, Alona ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

1800s; Ancient world; Management history; Management ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449359671     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609104801     Document Type: Article

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