The glass slipper: "Incorporating" occupational identity in management studies

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-31

  Ashcraft, Karen Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84878639324     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0219     Document Type: Article

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