Bankers in the dock: Moral storytelling in action

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-139

  Whittle, Andrea ^a   Mueller, Frank ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ante narrative; discourse; discursive devices; financial crisis; sensemaking; storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855548430     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711423442     Document Type: Article

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