Whistleblowers and organizational protesters: Crossing imaginary borders

Current Sociology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 865-883

  De Maria, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organizational protesters; Public protests; Synergistic relations; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649092355     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392108095343     Document Type: Article

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