The struggle to establish organizational membership and identification in remote work contexts

Identity and the Modern Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 119-134

  Bartel, Caroline A ^a   Wrzesniewski, Amy ^b   Wiesenfeld, Batia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84925774677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936481     Document Type: Chapter

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