Institutionalizing Flexibility in a Service Firm: Multiple Contingencies and Hidden Hierarchies

Work and Occupations

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 284-307

  Smith, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84965708042     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888494021003002     Document Type: Article

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