(Un)Conditional surrender? Why do professionals willingly comply with managerialism

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-45

  Alvesson, Mats ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia; Autonomy; Control; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956643407     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOCM-11-2015-0221     Document Type: Article

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