Notes from the field on organizational shadowing as framing

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-165

  Vásquez, Consuelo ^a   Brummans, Boris H J M ^b   Groleau, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complicity; Framing; Intersubjectivity; Organizational shadowing; Organizational theory; Organizing; Reflexivity; Research; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872838982     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641211253075     Document Type: Article

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