Rhetorical institutionalism: Language, agency, and structure in institutional theory since Alvesson 1993

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1662-1697

  Green Jr , Sandy Edward ^a   Li, Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 80053131694     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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