Tropes, discourse and organizing

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 105-128

  Oswick, Cliff ^a   Putnam, Linda L ^b   Keenoy, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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