Critical Management Studies on Identity: Mapping the Terrain

The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Thomas, Robyn ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Advanced Institute of Management Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity formation; Identity regulation; Interrelation of power; Management studies; Organizational identity; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924915111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199595686.013.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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