Rule breaking and a new opportunistic managerialism

Management Decision

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 582-589

  Young, Ann P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Middle management; Organizational change; Professionals; Resistance; Rules; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156106     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749910285764     Document Type: Article

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