Institutional Logics

Institutional Logics
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DOI:
10.4135/9781849200387.n4
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发表时间:
2008
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通讯作者:
Patricia H. Thornton;W. Ocasio
Patricia H. Thornton;W. Ocasio
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作者:
Patricia H. Thornton;W. Ocasio

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