Categories and organizational status: The role of industry status in the response to organizational deviance

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1380-1433

  Sharkey, Amanda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; INCOME; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

DISCLOSURE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INCOME; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907077061     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675385     Document Type: Article

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