Forging an identity: An insider-outsider study of processes involved in the formation of organizational identity

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-46

  Gioia, Dennis A ^a   Price, Kristin N ^b   Hamilton, Aimee L ^a   Thomas, James B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 77954262696     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2010.55.1.1     Document Type: Article

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