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Social Behavior in Organizational Studies
dc.contributor.authorWeick, Karl E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSandelands, Lloyd E.en_US
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dc.date.issued1990-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationWEICK, KARL E.; SANDELANDS, LLOYD E. (1990). "Social Behavior in Organizational Studies." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 20(4): 323-346. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72051>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1468-5914en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1990 Basil Blackwell Ltd.en_US
dc.titleSocial Behavior in Organizational Studiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumKarl E. Weick and Lloyd E. Sandelands University of Michigan 580 Union Drive Ann Arbor MI 48103en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-5914.1990.tb00192.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviouren_US
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