Temporal and spatial shifts within playful work

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-102

  Hunter, Carolyn ^a   Jemielniak, Dariusz ^b   Postuła, Agnieszka ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c University of Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Organizational culture; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649093359     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811011017225     Document Type: Article

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