Job titles as identity badges: How self-reflective titles can reduce emotional exhaustion

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1201-1225

  Grant, Adam M ^a   Berg, Justin M ^a   Cable, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906979078     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0338     Document Type: Article

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