Organizational temporality over time: Activity cycles as sources of entrainment

Time in Organizational Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 204-219

  Ballard, Dawna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84917204278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203889947     Document Type: Chapter

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