A temporal perspective on organizational identity

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Schultz, Majken ^a   Hernes, Tor ^a,b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

History; Ongoing temporality; Organizational identity; Organizational memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873281184     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0731     Document Type: Article

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