Know thyself: Examining factors that influence the activation of organizational identity concepts in top managers' minds

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-38

  Riantoputra, Corina Debora ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Case study; Managerial cognition; Organizational identity; Strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749152543     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601109354804     Document Type: Article

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