Falling stars: Celebrity, infamy, and the fall from (and return to) grace

Organizational Wrongdoing: Key Perspectives and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 235-269

  Pollock, Timothy G ^a   Mishina, Yuri ^b   Seo, Yeonji ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316338827.010     Document Type: Chapter

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