How firms shape income inequality: Stakeholder power, executive decision making, and the structuring of employment relationships

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 324-348

  Cobb, J Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84962891482     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2013.0451     Document Type: Article

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