Actor-Network Theory, organizations and critique: Towards a politics of organizing

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-435

  Alcadipani, Rafael ^a   Hassard, John ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; ANT and After; Critical performativity; Management and organization studies; Political ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953969323     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410364441     Document Type: Article

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