Stories from the Front-line: How they Construct the Organization

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1943-1969

  Hopkinson, Gillian C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344550465     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-6486.2003.00407.x     Document Type: Review

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