Recontextualizing Anthropomorphic Metaphors in Organization Studies: The Pathology of Organizational Insomnia

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-450

  Schoeneborn, Dennis ^a   Blaschke, Steffen ^b   Kaufmann, Ina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

insomnia; metaphor; organization theory; organizational communication; sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883355433     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492612448463     Document Type: Article

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