Intentions, Intermediaries, and Interaction: Examining the Emergence of Routines

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1586-1607

  Bapuji, Hari ^a   Hora, Manpreet ^b   Saeed, Akbar M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Emergence; Intermediaries; Micro foundations; Routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869508225     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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