Organizational success and worker dignity: Complementary or contradictory?

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 672-708

  Hudson, Randy ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/422626     Document Type: Article

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