Clearing a path through the management fashion jungle: Some preliminary trailblazing

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1143-1158

  Carson, Paula Phillips ^a   Lanier, Patricia A ^a   Carson, Kerry David ^a   Guidry, Brandi N ^a  

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DOI: 10.5465/1556342     Document Type: Article

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