Exploring the visual in organizations and management

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-15

  Davison, Jane ^a   McLean, Christine ^b   Warren, Samantha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image; Management; Management education; Organizational performance; Organizations; Photographs; Visual research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931066516     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641211223528     Document Type: Editorial

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