Sharing experience, conveying hope: Egalitarian relations as the essential method of Alcoholics Anonymous

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-161

  Borkman, Thomasina ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43249160029     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.140     Document Type: Article

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