When fashion is fleeting: Transitory collective beliefs and the dynamics of TQM consulting

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-233

  David, Robert J ^a   Strang, David ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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