Power as practice: A micro-sociological analysis of the dynamics of emancipatory entrepreneurship

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-229

  Goss, David ^a   Jones, Robert ^b   Betta, Michela ^b   Latham, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency; barriers; emotions; entrepreneurship; power; rituals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952305244     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610397471     Document Type: Article

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