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Sagan, Scott D., Vaughan, Diane·1997·Administrative Science Quarterly

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Authors: Sagan, S. D., & Vaughan, D.
Venue: Administrative Science Quarterly
Publisher: JSTOR
Published: 1997-06
Volume: 42
Issue: 2
Pages: 401
ISSN: 0001-8392 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2307/2393926
OpenAlex: W4301761904
Cited by: 910
References: 0
FWCI: 23.84
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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