Making organizational theory work: Institutions, occupations, and negotiated orders

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1157-1167

  Bechky, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutions; Negotiated order; Occupations; Professions; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255167612     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0603     Document Type: Article

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