Legitimacy processes as institutional politics: Implications for theory and research in the sociology of organizations

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 17, Issue , 2000, Pages 179-223

  Stryker, Robin ^a  

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EID: 0007208944     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-558X(00)17006-5     Document Type: Article

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