Beyond routines as things: Introduction to the special issue on routine dynamics

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 505-513

  Feldman, Martha S ^a   Pentland, Brian T ^b   D'Adderio, Luciana ^c   Lazaric, Nathalie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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EID: 84996476070     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ORSC.2016.1070     Document Type: Article

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