Strategy as Storytelling: A Phenomenological Collaboration

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-100

  Küpers, Wendelin ^a   Mantere, Saku ^b   Statler, Matt ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative research; narrative; phenomenology; storytelling; strategy as practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871224226     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492612439089     Document Type: Article

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