Polyphony and the sense of self in flexible organizations

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Belova, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bakhtin; Flexibility; Identity; Polyphony; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549100094     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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