Framing uncertainty: Narratives, change and digital technologies

Social Science Information

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-350

  Garcia Lorenzo, Lucia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge transmission; Narratives; New digital technologies; Organizational change; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955882187     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018410370730     Document Type: Article

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