Relational bureaucracy: Structuring reciprocal relationships into roles

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 709-733

  Gittell, Jody Hoffer ^a   Douglass, Anne ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84873959227     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0438     Document Type: Article

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