Staging exchange partner choices: When do status and reputation matter?

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-516

  Jensen, Michael ^a   Roy, Aradhana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 47649086213     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2008.32625985     Document Type: Article

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