Introduction to the Journal of Organizational Behavior's special issue on professional service firms: Where organization theory and organizational behavior might meet

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 989-994

  Suddaby, Roy ^a   Greenwood, Royston ^a,c   Wilderom, Celeste ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 55749100005     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.552     Document Type: Review

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