Cause or control?: The temporal dimension in failure sense-making

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 416-438

  Cannon, David R ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001711958     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886399354005     Document Type: Article

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