Social and temporal influences on interpretations of organizational identity and acquisition integration: A narrative study

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-480

  Chreim, Samia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Interpretations; Narrative; Organizational identity; Social and temporal contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148976742     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886307307345     Document Type: Article

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