Managing organisational culture: Insights from the hospitality industry

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-53

  Ogbonna, Emmanuel ^a   Harris, Lloyd C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042846716     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2002.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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