The fantasy of the organizational One: Postdemocracy, organizational transformation and the (im)possibility of politics

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-668

  Beyes, Timon ^a   Volkmann, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germany; National libraries; Organizational change; Politics; Postsocialist transformation; Ranci re

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349286935     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811011084348     Document Type: Article

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