Should we stay or should we go? Accountability, status anxiety, and client defections

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-128

  Jensen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33747061015     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000173018.64741.62     Document Type: Article

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