Being a positive social change agent through issue selling

Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-69

  Sonenshein, Scott ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84900456776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203136232     Document Type: Chapter

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