Organizing and the search for excellence: Making sense of the times in theory and practice

Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-148

  Colville, Ian D ^a   Waterman, Robert H ^a   Weick, Karl E ^a  

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EID: 0033480797     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050849961006     Document Type: Article

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