'Invisible walls' and 'silent hierarchies': A case study of power relations in an architecture firm

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-549

  Brown, Andrew D ^a   Kornberger, Martin ^b   Clegg, Stewart R ^b   Carter, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Creativity; Discourse; Identity; Power; Profession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949889247     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709339862     Document Type: Article

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