How do managers think? Identity, morality and pragmatism in managerial theory and practice

Management Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-341

  Watson, Tony J ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000204302     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507696273003     Document Type: Article

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