The fog of change: Opacity and asperity in organizations

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hannan, Michael T ^a,d   Pólos, László ^b,c   Carroll, Glenn R ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942580746     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3556679     Document Type: Article

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