Courage as identity work: Accounts of workplace courage

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-93

  Koerner, Melissa M ^a  

^a Westminster College   (United States)

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EID: 84900451042     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0641     Document Type: Article

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