In Their profession's service: How staff professionals exert influence in their organization

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 722-749

  Daudigeos, Thibault ^a  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Embedded agency paradox; Episodic power; Functional specialist; Influence tactics; Practical agency; Staff professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879175967     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12021     Document Type: Article

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