Organizational discourse as a creative space for play: The potential of postmodernist and surrealist forms of play

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-217

  Carr, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Dialectic; Play; Postmodernism; Psychoanalytic; Psychodynamics; Surrealism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002690333     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860110096220     Document Type: Article

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