Organizational routines as embodied performatives: A communication as constitutive of organization perspective

Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-163

  Wright, Alex ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicative constitution of organization; embody; organizational routines; performative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959147213     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508414533165     Document Type: Article

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