Viewing the language of space: Organizational spaces, power, and resistance in popular films

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-284

  Panayiotou, Alexia ^a   Kafiris, Krini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b Mediterranean Women's Studies Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

organizational space; popular film; power and resistance; spatial narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051827604     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492610389816     Document Type: Article

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