Rules of engagement, credibility and the political economy of organizational dissent

Strategic Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-154

  Argyres, Nicholas ^a   Mui, Vai Lam ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

credibility; information; learning; organizational dissent; political economy; reputation; rules of engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728976     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127007078502     Document Type: Article

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