'Leader, you first': The everyday production of hierarchical space in a Chinese bureaucracy

Human Relations

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 739-762

  Zhang, Zhongyuan ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bureaucratic hierarchy; China; everyday lives; Lefebvre; organizational space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901193581     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713503021     Document Type: Article

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