Putting communication front and center in institutional theory and analysis

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-27

  Cornelissen, Joep P ^a   Durand, Rodolphe ^b   Fiss, Peer C ^c   Lammers, John C ^d   Vaara, Eero ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 84923644330     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2014.0381     Document Type: Article

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