Organizational legitimacy under conditions of complexity: The case of the multinational enterprise

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-81

  Kostova, Tatiana ^a   Zaheer, Srilata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033249245     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1999.1580441     Document Type: Article

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