Managing to recruit: Religious conversion in the workplace

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-410

  Hall, Deana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33750123487     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3712124     Document Type: Article

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