The struggle of the self: Identity dysfunctions in the contemporary workplace

Research Companion to the Dysfunctional Workplace: Management Challenges and Symptoms

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 75-89

  Kreiner, Glen E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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