Exploring Cultural Mechanisms of Organizational Identity Construction

Constructing Identity in and around Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Glynn, Mary Ann ^a   Watkiss, Lee ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural mechanisms; Culture; Organizational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920468353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640997.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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