Complex thought, simple talk: An ecological approach to language-based change in organizations

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 333-348

  Shotter, John ^a,b   Tsoukas, Haridimos ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n19     Document Type: Chapter

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