Problems and paradoxes in a model of punctuated organizational change

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-275

  Sastry, M Anjali ^a  

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EID: 0031287586     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393920     Document Type: Article

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