Rethinking stability and change in the study of organizational routines: Difference and repetition in a newspaper-printing factory

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 535-550

  Aroles, Jeremy ^a   McLean, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplification; Change; Difference; Repetition; Routines; Scripts; Simplification; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009463761     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ORSC.2015.1035     Document Type: Article

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