Exploring the aesthetic side of organizational life

The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 701-724

  Gagliardi, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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