The Iron Cage: Ugly, Uncool, and Unfashionable

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 615-629

  Abrahamson, Eric ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

beautiful technologies; concoctions; cultural taste; culture technology fusions; digital fashion markets; efficient beauty; fashion; technological fashion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957889095     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611405425     Document Type: Article

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