Organizational change within morally ambiguous contexts: A case study of conflicting postmerger discourses

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-54

  Teram, Eli ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Merger; Organizational change; Organizational discourse; Organizational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950321981     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886309357539     Document Type: Article

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