Means versus ends in opaque institutional fields: Trading off compliance and achievement in sustainability standard adoption

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-323

  Wijen, Frank ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84903176914     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2012.0218     Document Type: Article

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