Carolina QuotesFor many purposes of organizational analysis technology might not be an independent variable but a dependent one.
Charles Perrow Connected to the Carolinas
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Charles Perrow (1967), in: Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the ... Annual Winter Meeting, Vol. 19 (1967), p. 163
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