Beyond text: Constructing organizational identity multimodally

British Journal of Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-358

  Oliver, David ^a   Roos, Johan ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 36148995943     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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