Identities and preferences in corporate political strategizing

Business and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-463

  Wilts, Arnold ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate political action; Social identity theory; Strategy process

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750722804     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650306293393     Document Type: Article

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