Corporations and economic inequality around the world: The paradox of hierarchy

Research in Organizational Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue C, 2010, Pages 35-53

  Davis, Gerald F ^a   Cobb, J Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 78649450187     PISSN: 01913085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2010.08.001     Document Type: Review

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