Theorizing as the thickness of thin abstraction

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 742-758

  Folger, Robert ^a   Turillo, Carmelo J ^a  

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EID: 0033246745     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1999.2553251     Document Type: Article

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