Vocabularies and Vocabulary Structure: A New Approach Linking Categories, Practices, and Institutions

Academy of Management Annals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-86

  Loewenstein, Jeffrey ^a   Ocasio, William ^b   Jones, Candace ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84863621880     PISSN: 19416520     EISSN: 19416067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2012.660763     Document Type: Review

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