Narrative construction as sensemaking: How a central bank thinks

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-367

  Abolafia, Mitchel Y ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal Reserve; Legitimacy; Narrative; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951000175     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609357380     Document Type: Article

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