Crafting social issues at work

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1158-1172

  Sonenshein, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33846585585     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.23478243     Document Type: Article

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