Organizational demography and culture: Insights from a formal model and simulation

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 637-667

  Carroll, Glenn R ^a   Harrison, J Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0032220668     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393678     Document Type: Review

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