Toward a more humanistic governance model: Network governance structures

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-114

  Pirson, Michael ^a   Turnbull, Shann ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Institute for Self Governance   (Australia)

Author keywords

corporate governance; cybernetics; decision making; economism; humanism; network governance; risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952068322     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0752-x     Document Type: Article

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