Selznick's hobbesian idealism: Its nature and its origins

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 44, Issue , 2000, Pages 21-52

  Krygier, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gouldner; Humanist science; Idealism; Michels; Pragmatism; Realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928713561     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044003     Document Type: Article

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