Have post-bureaucratic changes occurred in managerial work?

European Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-194

  Vie, Ola Edvin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Managerial work and behaviour; Middle managers; Post bureaucracy; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952583974     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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