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Special issue on breaking the disciplinary matrix: the ever-changing view of organizational theory

Women’s representation in business case studies – a framework of postmodernism to uncover hidden assumptions

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Pages 149-161 | Received 23 Sep 2019, Accepted 25 Mar 2020, Published online: 14 Apr 2020

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