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Auditing Stories about Discomfort: Becoming Comfortable with Comfort Theory

Thomas Carrington Stockholm University School of Business, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bino Catasús Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden
Pages 35-58 | Published online: 24 Apr 2007

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