Decolonializing discourse: Critical reflections on organizational discourse analysis

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1121-1146

  Alvesson, Mats ^a   Kärreman, Dan ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

discourse; language; methodology; organizational culture; power; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052192457     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711408629     Document Type: Article

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