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Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification

  1. Fred Mael1,
  2. Blake E. Ashforth2

Article first published online: 21 NOV 2006

DOI: 10.1002/job.4030130202

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Journal of Organizational Behavior

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volume 13, Issue 2, pages 103–123, March 1992

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Mael, F. and Ashforth, B. E. (1992), Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification. J. Organiz. Behav., 13: 103–123. doi: 10.1002/job.4030130202

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  1. 1

    U.S. Army Research Institute, 5001 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A. 22333

  2. 2

    Department of Management, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8

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  1. Issue published online: 21 NOV 2006
  2. Article first published online: 21 NOV 2006
  3. Manuscript Revised: 16 OCT 1990
  4. Manuscript Received: 27 OCT 1989

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