Multiple Institutional Logics in Organizations: Explaining Their Varied Nature and Implications

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  2014

• Venue

  Academy of Management Review

• Publication date

  2014-09-06

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business

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  DOI 10.5465/AMR.2011.0431
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