Reproducing Social Structure in Task Groups: The Role of Structural Ritualization

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 453-475

  Sell, Jane ^a   Knottnerus, J David ^a   Ellison, Christopher ^b   Mundt, Heather ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034554876     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.2.453     Document Type: Article

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