Maintaining legitimacy: Controversies, orders of worth, and public justifications

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1804-1836

  Patriotta, Gerardo ^a   Gond, Jean Pascal ^b   Schultz, Friederike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053133310     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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