Technological determinism and discursive closure in organizational mergers

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 615-631

  Leonardi, Paul M ^a   Jackson, Michele H ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Narratives; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644259248     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810410564587     Document Type: Review

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