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Kenwyn K. Smith, Valerie M. Simmons, A Rumpelstiltskin Organization: Metaphors on Metaphors in Field Research, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3, Organizational Culture (Sep., 1983), pp. 377-392
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