Organizational forms as moral practices: The case of welfare departments

Social Service Review

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 329-351

  Hasenfeld, Yeheskel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 18544408095     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516408     Document Type: Article

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