Multiplicity and reflexivity in organizational research: Towards a performative approach to the visual

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-53

  Steyaert, Chris ^a   Marti, Laurent ^a   Michels, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Bruno latour; Management; Multiplicity; Organizations; Performative approach; Reflexivity; Trinh T. minh ha; Visual methods; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876306265     PISSN: 17465648     EISSN: 17465656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641211223456     Document Type: Article

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