Applying the Identity Status Paradigm to Managers’ Moral Identity
By: Mari Huhtala, Anna-Maija Lämsä and Taru Feldt
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.50 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 2 - 2
Submitted on: Feb 8, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 5, 2019
Published on: Mar 5, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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