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Identities in Translation: Management Concepts as Means and Outcomes of Identity Work
2019
Organization Studies
This article seeks to develop our understanding of how management concepts are translated by examining the role of identity work in this process. Rather than a sole focus on changes in a management concept, we examine tensions and congruences between agents' orientations towards that concept and how they see the broader organizational engagement with it. Through an examination of qualitative data from a study of those specifically tasked with the implementation of Lean in hospital contexts, we
doi:10.1177/0170840619866490
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