I need time! Exploring pathways to compliance under institutional complexity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-110

  Raaijmakers, Aafke G M ^a   Vermeulen, Patrick A M ^a   Meeus, Marius T H ^b   Zietsma, Charlene ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84923809224     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0276     Document Type: Article

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