For love or money? Commodification and the construction of an occupational mandate

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 619-653

  Nelsen, Bonalyn J ^a   Barley, Stephen R ^a  

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EID: 0031283704     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393652     Document Type: Article

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