PROCESSES FOR RETRENCHING LOGICS: THE ALBERTA OIL SANDS CASE, 2008–2011

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 39 Part A, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-163

  Misutka, Patricia J ^a   Coleman, Charlotte K ^a   Jennings, P Devereaux ^a   Hoffman, Andrew J ^a  

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Author keywords

Institutional theory; Oil industry; Plural logics; Power; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85123773943     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0039AB009     Document Type: Chapter

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