Research Methods for Non-Representational Approaches to Organizational Complexity: The Dialogical Mediated Inquiry

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 769-801

  Lorino, Philippe ^a   Tricard, Benoît ^b   Clot, Yves ^c  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b ICN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

activity; dialogism; inquiry; interpretation; pragmatism; research methods; semiotic mediation; work safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959477206     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611410807     Document Type: Article

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