Every dream has its price: Personal failure and the american dream in wall street and the firm

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-318

  Winn, J Emmett ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007838863     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417940309373269     Document Type: Article

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