The state, the labor process, and the diffusion of managerial models

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-28

  Kalev, Alexandra ^a   Shenhav, Yehouda ^b   De Vries, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 49749110112     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.53.1.1     Document Type: Article

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