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The Calculated and the Avowed: Techniques of Discipline and Struggles Over Identity in Big Six... 1998 2026 2007 2016 590
  1. The Calculated and the Avowed: Techniques of Discipline and Struggles Over Identity in Big Six Public Accounting Firms (1998)
    Mark A. Covaleski, Mark W. Dirsmith et al. Administrative Science Quarterly

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