A question of power: How does management retain it?

Vikalpa

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 45-56

  Akella, Devi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Egalitarian Enterprises; Knowledge Creating Environments; Learning Organizations; Power and Control Discourse; Workplace Democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986139674     PISSN: 02560909     EISSN: 23953799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0256090920030304     Document Type: Article

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