From hero to villain to hero: Making experience sensible through embodied narrative sensemaking

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-88

  Cunliffe, Ann ^a   Coupland, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embodiment; identity; narrative; sensemaking; story

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855555105     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711424321     Document Type: Article

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