Weathering a meta-level identity crisis: Forging a coherent collective identity for an emerging field

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 405-435

  Patvardhan, Shubha D ^a   Gioia, Dennis A ^b   Hamilton, Aimee L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 84938864280     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.1049     Document Type: Article

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