You're still the same: Why theories of power hold over time and across contexts

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-280

  Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893372390     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2013.0040     Document Type: Article

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