The changed world of large law firms and their lawyers: An opportune context for organizational researchers

Employment Relationships: New models of White-Collar Work

Volumn 9780521865371, Issue , 2008, Pages 179-222

  Sherer, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511611544.007     Document Type: Chapter

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