Organizing reflexivity in designed change: The ethnoventionist approach

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-229

  van Marrewijk, Alfons ^a   Veenswijk, Marcel ^a   Clegg, Stewart ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Key Research Centre for Management and Organization Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Construction industry; Ethnography; Organizational design; Organizational development; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952715701     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811011049572     Document Type: Article

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