Pathways for Positive Identity Construction at Work: Four Types of Positive Identity and the Building of Social Resources

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  2010

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  Academy of Management Review

• Publication date

  2010-04-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.5465/AMR.35.2.ZOK265
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