Management is the solution: Now what was the problem? On the fragile basis for managerialism

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-361

  Alvesson, Mats ^a   Sveningsson, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Knowledge work; Knowledge intensive firm; Management; Managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755139406     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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