Reflexivity in practice: Tools and conditions for developing organizational authorship

Human Relations

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1347-1375

  Gorli, Mara ^a   Nicolini, Davide ^b   Scaratti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

at home ethnography; healthcare; organizational change; participatory action research; practical reflexivity; practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938413448     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726714556156     Document Type: Article

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