East-End Warehouse: A case study of 'organisational capture' and cultural conflicts

Culture and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 237-256

  Mars, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultants; Cultural conflict; Occupational culture; Organisational culture; Pilferage; Warehouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949395937     PISSN: 14759551     EISSN: 14772760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14759550903119269     Document Type: Article

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