The empire of organizations and the organization of empires: Postcolonial considerations on theorizing workplace resistance

Postcolonial Theory and Organizational Analysis: A Critical Engagement

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 95-119

  Prasad, Anshuman ^a   Prasad, Pushkala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403982292     Document Type: Chapter

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