Ghosts in the hallways: Unseen actors and organizational change

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-346

  Macaulay, K Doreen ^a   Yue, Anthony R ^b   Thurlow, Amy B ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Organizational change; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960601382     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2010.516481     Document Type: Article

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