Essai: From iron cages to liquid modernity in organization analysis

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1713-1733

  Clegg, Stewart ^a   Baumeler, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

emotional intelligence; glass cage; iron cage; liquid modernity; sociological imagination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650314433     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610387240     Document Type: Article

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