Institutional maintenance as narrative acts

Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

Volumn 9780521518550, Issue , 2009, Pages 205-235

  Zilber, Tammar B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84928068943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511596605.008     Document Type: Chapter

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