Subsidiary Integration as Identity Construction and Institution Building: A Political Sensemaking Approach

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-416

  Clark, Ed ^a   Geppert, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951560096     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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