Organizations as discursive constructions: A foucauldian approach

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1247-1271

  Leclercq Vandelannoitte, Aurélie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

case study; discourse; Foucault; organization; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052648301     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611411395     Document Type: Article

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