In the Political Laboratory: Kurt Lewin's Atmospheres

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 434-457

  Lezaun, Javier ^a   Calvillo, Nerea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheres; democracy; Kurt Lewin; leadership; Ronald Lippitt; social experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917735626     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2013.860045     Document Type: Article

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