Reflexive guidelines for writing organizational culture

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-170

  Mahadevan, Jasmin ^a  

^a PFORZHEIM UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auto ethnography; Ethnography; Organizational culture; Reflexivity; Research methods; Writing culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867731319     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641111159134     Document Type: Article

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