Contracts to communities: A processual model of organizational virtue

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-121

  Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^a,b   Kaptein, Muel ^b   Van Oosterhout, J ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 38149048345     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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