The relational ecology of identification: How organizational identification emerges when individuals hold divergent values

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1485-1512

  Besharov, Marya L ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 84908396249     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0761     Document Type: Article

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