Knowledge and practice: Organization studies within a historical and figurational context

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1369-1395

  Newton, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abbott; Callon; carbon; climate change; economics; Elias; ethics; fads and fashions; finance; governance; history; knowledge; new liberalism; policy; practice; Whitley

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958523747     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610374400     Document Type: Article

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