Doing which work? A practice approach to institutional pluralism

Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 284-316

  Jarzabkowski, Paula ^a   Matthiesen, Jane ^a   Van De Ven, Andrew H ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84928078168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511596605.011     Document Type: Chapter

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