Power, politics, and intervention theory: Lessons from organization studies

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 724-734

  Blackler, Frank ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity theory; organizational change; organizational intervention; organizational politics; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053603475     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354311418146     Document Type: Article

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