Functions of Dysfunction: Managing the Dynamics of an Organizational Duality in a Natural Food Cooperative

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 474-516

  Ashforth, Blake E ^a   Reingen, Peter H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food cooperatives; hybrid identity; intergroup conflict; organizational duality; organizational mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905749658     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839214537811     Document Type: Article

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