Institutional logics as identity projects

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1305-1335

  Lok, Jaco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 79951885182     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.57317866     Document Type: Article

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