Elasticity and the dialectic tensions of organizational identity: How can we hold together while we are pulling apart?

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 981-1011

  Kreiner, Glen E ^a   Hollensbe, Elaine ^b   Sheep, Mathew L ^c   Smith, Brett R ^d   Kataria, Niyati ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84939499364     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0462     Document Type: Review

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