Organizational differentiation through badging: Investors in people and the value of the sign

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1071-1085

  Bell, Emma ^a   Taylor, Scott ^b   Thorpe, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036898233     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00324     Document Type: Article

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