Defining what we do - All over again: Occupational identity, technological change, and the Librarian/Internet-search relationship

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 892-928

  Nelson, Andrew J ^a   Irwin, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903610538     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0201     Document Type: Article

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