Members' identification with multiple-identity organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-635

  Foreman, Peter ^a   Whetten, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Identity Conflicts; Multiple Expectations; Organizational Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036868597     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.13.6.618.493     Document Type: Article

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