Funnel of interests: The discursive translation of organizational change

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-37

  Whittle, Andrea ^a   Suhomlinova, Olga ^b   Mueller, Frank ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Interests; Organizational change; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950332110     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886309357538     Document Type: Article

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