Discourse, field-configuring events, and change in organizations and institutional fields: Narratives of DDT and the Stockholm convention

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1365-1392

  Hardy, Cynthia ^a   Maguire, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79551673515     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.57318384     Document Type: Article

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