Beyond ourselves: Passion and the dark side of identification in an ethical organization

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 857-873

  Kenny, Kate M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender theory; Identification; Organization studies; Participant observation; Passion; Subjection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953152492     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709345042     Document Type: Article

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