Organizational identity and legitimacy under major environmental changes: Tales of two UK building societies

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-62

  He, Hongwei ^b   Baruch, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77649318815     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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