Organizational science in a postmodern context

In The Realm Of Organization: Essays for Robert Cooper

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 15-43

  Gergen, Kenneth J ^a   Thatchenkery, Tojo Joseph ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203209035     Document Type: Chapter

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