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Research article

Examining the agricultural producer identity: utilising the collective occupational identity construct to create a typology and profile of rural landholders in Victoria, Australia

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Pages 628-646 | Received 22 Oct 2015, Accepted 08 Mar 2016, Published online: 16 Jun 2016

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