Ethical subjectivity and politics in organizations: A case of health care tendering

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-561

  McMurray, Robert ^a   Pullen, Alison ^b   Rhodes, Carl ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical management studies; doctor; ethics; Foucault; health care; Levinas; politics; power; resistance; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959815355     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410388336     Document Type: Article

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