The Cultural Construction of Organizational Life: Introduction to the Special Issue

Klaus Weber
Klaus Weber
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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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M. Tina Dacin
M. Tina Dacin
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Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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Klaus Weber

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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

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M. Tina Dacin

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Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada

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Published Online:8 Feb 2011https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0632

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