Status in organizations: Where evolutionary theory ranks

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 505-520

  Waldron, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0041918620     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199811/12)19:7/8<505::AID-MDE901>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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