Giving sense to and making sense of justice in postmerger integration

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 256-284

  Monin, Philippe ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels ^b   Vaara, Eero ^c   Kroon, David ^d  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d VU University   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84879644583     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0727     Document Type: Article

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