Images of organization development: The role of metaphor in processes of change

The Routledge Companion to Organizational Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 104-114

  Oswick, Cliff ^a   Marshak, Robert J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85136665625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810279-9     Document Type: Chapter

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