A folk theory of meetings - and beyond

European Business Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-173

  Ravn, Ib ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Design principles; Folk theories; Group communication; Group facilitation; Management activities; Meeting facilitation; Meeting management; Meetings; Organizations; Transformative theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874425745     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341311302666     Document Type: Article

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