The Process of Organizational Identity Construction in Iterative Organizations

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 222-244

  Foreman, Peter O ^a   Parent, Milena M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

identity construction; iterative organizations; organizational discontinuity; organizational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966959459     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2008.23     Document Type: Article

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