Rules don't apply: Kafka's insights on bureaucracy

Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 256-278

  Hodson, Randy ^a   Martin, Andrew W ^a   Lopez, Steven H ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; chaos; Kafka; rule breaking; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875096717     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508412443581     Document Type: Article

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