Discourse of the real kind: A post-foundational approach to organizational discourse analysis

Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-205

  Cederström, Carl ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; discourse; Laclau; post foundationalism; psychoanalysis; realism; i ek

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897764668     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508412473864     Document Type: Article

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