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Delegation-based and directive mentoring relationships in high reliability organizations: Negotiating the reliability-resilience tension in ambulance work

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Pages 200-222 | Received 15 Jan 2019, Accepted 01 Oct 2019, Published online: 20 Oct 2019

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