Emancipatory management: The contradiction between practice and discourse

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-184

  Barros, Marcos ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community organization; Contradiction; Critical management studies; Emancipation; Habermas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952925229     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492609357825     Document Type: Article

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