Structure in temporary organizations

Temporary Organizations: Prevalence, Logic and Effectiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-200

  Raab, Jörg ^a   Soeters, Joseph ^a   van Fenema, Paul C ^a   de Waard, Erik J ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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