Introduction to the Special Issue: Towards the Ecological Style: Embracing Complexity in Organizational Research

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 729-735

  Tsoukas, Haridimos ^a   Dooley, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959447412     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611410805     Document Type: Article

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