Values against violence: Institutional change in societies dominated by organized crime

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1075-1101

  Vaccaro, Antonino ^a   Palazzo, Guido ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84939527696     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0865     Document Type: Article

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