Exploring identity construction from a critical management perspective: A research agenda

Management (France)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-366

  Bardon, Thibaut ^a   Clegg, Stewart ^b   Josserand, Emmanuel ^b,c  

^a AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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