Collective intentionality in organizations: A meta-ethnography of identity and strategizing

Advances in Group Processes

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 59-95

  Steele, Christopher W J ^a   King, Brayden G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885449835     PISSN: 08826145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0882-6145(2011)0000028006     Document Type: Review

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