Understanding the (RE)creation of routines from within: A symbolic interactionist perspective

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-205

  Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^a   Tsoukas, Haridimos ^b,c  

^a The American College of Greece   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878641440     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.0215     Document Type: Article

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