Studying institutional work in organizations: Uses and implications of ethnographic methodologies

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-64

  Bjerregaard, Toke ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Ethnography; Organizational change; Sociology of work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551615420     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811111102283     Document Type: Article

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