'Someone Big and Important': Identification and Affect in an International Development Organization

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1175-1193

  Kenny, Kate ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

affect; identification; Lacan; organization; participant observation; recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866890059     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612448156     Document Type: Article

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