Capitalizing on Categories of Social Construction: A Review and Integration of Organizational Research on Symbolic Management Strategies

@article{Schnackenberg2019CapitalizingOC,
  title={Capitalizing on Categories of Social Construction: A Review and Integration of Organizational Research on Symbolic Management Strategies},
  author={Andrew K. Schnackenberg and Jonathan Bundy and Corinne A. Coen and James D. Westphal},
  journal={Organizations \& Markets: Policies \& Processes eJournal},
  year={2019}
}
Symbols are habitually used by organizations to transform the meaning of their actions and intentions in ways that enable them to manage complex stakeholder relationships and achieve competitive ad... 
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