Power and resistance in a multinational organization: Discursive struggles over organizational restructuring

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-165

  Erkama, Niina ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discursive struggle, Discourse of globalization, Restructuring, Power, Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953811758     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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