The Sporting Life: Exploring Organizations through the Lens of Sport

Academy of Management Annals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 397-433

  Day, David V ^a   Gordon, Sandy ^a   Fink, Corinna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84863620469     PISSN: 19416520     EISSN: 19416067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2012.678697     Document Type: Review

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