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A Commentary on Sustainability and Organizational Life

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In the final chapter of the book we describe human beings and their functions and show how such an understanding can be the only reasonable starting point when addressing, analyzing or living within organizations. Based on this discussion we summarize the previous discussions into a coherent and ontological description of being in organizations and organizational life.

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Møller, K.M.M., Fast, M. (2020). A Commentary on Sustainability and Organizational Life. In: Investigating Being in Organizations and Leadership. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58138-1_7

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