Challenging Hierarchy

The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Child, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Management studies; Organizational behaviour; Organizational efficiency; Social costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924891356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199595686.013.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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