The self not taken: How alternative selves develop and how they influence our professional lives

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-57

  Obodaru, Otilia ^a  

^a INSEAD ^*  (Romania)

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EID: 84055189913     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2009.0358     Document Type: Article

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