The interplay of reflective and experimental spaces in interrupting and reorienting routine dynamics

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 594-613

  Bucher, Silke ^a   Langley, Ann ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Change; Nonroutine action; Routines; Spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004024697     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.1041     Document Type: Article

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