Reengineering identity: A Case Study of Multiplicity and Duality in Organizational Identification

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-38

  Kuhn, Timothy ^a   Nelson, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84990386167     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318902161001     Document Type: Article

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