From freemasons to the employee: Organization, history and subjectivity

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1363-1387

  Newton, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial credit; Foucault; Freemasonry; History; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544250432     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604046347     Document Type: Review

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