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The Vancouver Academy of Management Jazz Symposium—Jazz as a Metaphor for Organizing in the 21st Century

Mary Jo Hatch
Mary Jo Hatch
Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 OAL England
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Mary Jo Hatch

Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 OAL England

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Published Online:1 Oct 1998https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.9.5.556

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September-October 1998

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Mary Jo Hatch, (1998) The Vancouver Academy of Management Jazz Symposium—Jazz as a Metaphor for Organizing in the 21st Century. Organization Science 9(5):556-568.

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