Dominant corporate agents and the power elite in france and britain

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-348

  Maclean, Mairi ^a   Harvey, Charles ^b   Chia, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascension and accession; Bourdieu; Dominant corporate agent; Elites; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950980361     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609357377     Document Type: Article

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