Taboo topics: Structural barriers to the study of organizational stigma

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-253

  Hudson, Bryant Ashley ^a   Okhuysen, Gerardo A ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural barriers; Institutional theory; Knowledge taboos; Organization theory; Organizational stigma; Philosophy of science; Professional barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905045201     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492613517510     Document Type: Article

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