'Work hard, play hard': An analysis of organizational cliché in two accountancy practices

Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-592

  Anderson Gough, Fiona ^a   Grey, Christopher ^a   Robson, Keith ^a  

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EID: 0007011524     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050849854007     Document Type: Article

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