Resolving Conflict in Problem-Solving: Systems of Artefacts in the Development of New Routines

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1559-1585

  Cacciatori, Eugenia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Bidding process; Building industry; Organizational routines; PFI; Sociomateriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869504610     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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