Negotiating the challenges of a calling: Emotion and enacted sensemaking in animal shelter work

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 584-609

  Schabram, Kira ^a   Maitlis, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85018249318     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0665     Document Type: Article

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