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Chapter 9 - Social Psychological Foundations of Alliance Cooperation

The Role of Identity and Identification in Shared Alliance Interest

from Part III - Microfoundational Processes and Coordination between Partners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2019

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Laura Poppo ,
Hilary Schloemer  and
Kristie M. Rogers
Edited by
Farok J. Contractor  and
Jeffrey J. Reuer
Farok J. Contractor
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Jeffrey J. Reuer
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
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Frontiers of Strategic Alliance Research
Negotiating, Structuring and Governing Partnerships
 , pp. 152 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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