Organizational zemblanity

European Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-21

  Giustiniano, Luca ^a,b   Cunha, Miguel Pina E ^b   Clegg, Stewart ^b,c,d  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialectics; High reliability organizations; Managerial control; Organizational legitimacy; Serendipity; Zemblanity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957430993     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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