ISO Certificates as Organizational Degrees? Beyond the Rational Myths of the Certification Process

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 633-654

  Boiral, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

certification audits; commoditization; degree purchasing; education; ISO standards; rational myths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873871497     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612443622     Document Type: Article

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