Mobilizing Identities: Uncertainty and Control in Strategy

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 181-202

  White, Harrison C ^a   Godart, Frédéric C ^a   Corona, Victor P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 39749135427     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276407084703     Document Type: Article

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