The Contribution of Psychoanalysis to Organization Studies and Management: An Overview

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1121-1135

  Arnaud, Gilles ^a  

^a ESCP EUROPE   (France)

Author keywords

epistemology; management; organization studies; organizational psychodynamics; psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866934199     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612448153     Document Type: Review

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