Discourse in a Material World

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 680-696

  Hardy, Cynthia ^a,b   Thomas, Robyn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Foucault; Materiality; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930573501     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12113     Document Type: Article

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