What Is Managerialism?

Critical Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 1103-1119

  Klikauer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

business schools; capitalism; critical theory; ideology; management; managerialism; organizations; society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946032831     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920513501351     Document Type: Article

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