Identity workspaces: The case of business schools

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-60

  Petriglieri, Gianpiero ^a   Petriglieri, Jennifer Louise ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

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EID: 77949865835     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2010.48661190     Document Type: Article

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