Constructing participation practice: An ANT account

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-230

  Perillo, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Workplace Psychology Schiavello   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Change management; Employee participation; Organizational change; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952948201     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465640810920296     Document Type: Article

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