History as social memory assets: The example of tim hortons

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-120

  Foster, William M ^a   Suddaby, Roy ^a   Minkus, Alison ^a   Wiebe, Elden ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

collective memory; history; organizational memory studies; schematic narratives; social memory assets; specific narratives; tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952270080     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744935910387027     Document Type: Article

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