The ethics of conscious capitalism: Wicked problems in leading change and changing leaders

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1619-1643

  Fyke, Jeremy P ^a   Buzzanell, Patrice M ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Conscious Capitalism; consultants; critical discourse analysis; d Discourse; ethics; leader(ship) development; mindfulness; organizational change; paradox; transforming business; values; wicked problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888067385     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713485306     Document Type: Article

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