A visit to the “Great Ghaytez's palace”: A case study in using a literary genre to explore the effects of corporate architecture

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 720-732

  Rippin, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Architecture; Buildings; Corporate architecture; Corporate identity; Excess; Fiction; Narratives; Organizations; Spectacle; Wonder

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055063577     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811111175715     Document Type: Article

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