Relational pluralism within and between organizations

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 449-459

  Shipilov, Andrew ^a   Gulati, Ranjay ^b   Kilduff, Martin ^c   Li, Stan ^d   Tsai, Wenpin ^e  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84900393015     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.1145     Document Type: Article

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