The organizational lunch

Culture and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-143

  Altman, Yochanan ^a,b   Baruch, Yehuda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Cultural theory (grid group); Hrm; Lunch break; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954170922     PISSN: 14759551     EISSN: 14772760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14759551003769284     Document Type: Article

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