Organizational improvisation and organizational memory

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 698-723

  Moorman, Christine ^a   Miner, Anne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0032346983     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1998.1255634     Document Type: Article

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