“In some firms role relationships prescribed by the chart seemed to be of secondary importance to personal relationships between individuals.”
Source: Industrial Organization: Theory and practice, 1965, p. 24
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“A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.”
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Margaret Wheatley (1992), as quoted in 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself (2004) by Steve Chandler, p. 123
Source: Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values (1980), p. 148.

As quoted in "Truth and reconciliation" at BBC Focus on Africa (January-March 2000)
Source: "Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure", 1976, p. 310
“The most important personal ‘core competence’ by far is a rich set of relationships.”
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Source: Participant observer, 1994, p. 84; As cited in: Ickis (2014)