Identities, discipline and routines

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 871-895

  Brown, Andrew D ^a   Lewis, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disciplinary power; discourse; identity; law firm; lawyer; professional; routine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960227104     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611407018     Document Type: Article

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