Organizational improvisation and learning: A field study

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 304-337

  Miner, Anne S ^a   Bassoff, Paula ^a   Moorman, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035539608     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667089     Document Type: Article

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