Conflict and Power Games in a Multinational Corporation: Sensegiving as a Strategy of Preservation

European Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Drori, Israel ^a   Ellis, Shemuel ^b  

^a School of Business ^*  (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

multinational corporation; power games; sensegiving; sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954506047     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-4762.2010.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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