Formal dining at Cambridge colleges: Linking ritual performance and institutional maintenance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1393-1418

  Dacin, M Tina ^a   Munir, Kamal ^b   Tracey, Paul ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951886928     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.57318388     Document Type: Article

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