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  1. Institute for Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Kenneth Jorgensen

  2. Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Anete Strand

  3. Department of Management, New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA

    David Boje

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Jorgensen, K., Strand, A. & Boje, D. Towards a Postcolonial-storytelling Theory of Management and Organisation. Philos. of Manag. 12, 43–66 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5840/pom20131214

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