Context and Action in the Transformation of the Firm: A Reprise

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1304-1328

  Pettigrew, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizations; Practice of process research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867476586     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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