Not with a ten-foot pole: Core stigma, stigma transfer, and improbable persistence of men's bathhouses

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-153

  Hudson, Bryant Ashley ^a   Okhuysen, Gerardo A ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Core stigma; Event stigma; Illegitimacy; Legitimacy; Men's bathhouses; Organizational boundaries; Organizational stigma; Stigma transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350393226     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0368     Document Type: Article

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